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Place Name
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Wallace County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Sharon Springs
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Population
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1,821 (1990)
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Location
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Kansas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°54'N
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Longitude
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101°45'W
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Wallace
, county (
914 sq mi/2,367 sq km; 1990 pop.
1,821), W Kansas;  Sharon Springs; 38°54'N 101°45'W. Gently
sloping to rolling plains region, bordering W on Colo.; drained by N
and S Forks of Smoky Hill R. and Ladder Creek. Cattle, sheep; barley,
wheat, sorghum, corn. Highest point
(4,039 ft/1,231 m) in Kansas, Mt. Sunflower,
is in W, on Colo. state line. One of 4 Kansas cos. in Mountain
time zone; Mountain and Central time zone follows E co. boundary.
Formed 1888.
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