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1460:Lairdsville
1425:Balls Mills
1412:communities
1384:Garden View
1336:Susquehanna
1291:Muncy Creek
1191:Cogan House
1103:Hughesville
1044:County seat
666:other races
624:2021 (est.)
550:Muncy Creek
531:Hughesville
511:county seat
430:"Last Raft"
358:Muncy Creek
331:2020 census
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1565:Categories
1510:Ghost town
1500:Unityville
1450:Hoppestown
1420:Antes Fort
1346:Washington
1331:Shrewsbury
1276:Mill Creek
1113:Montgomery
1098:Duboistown
973:2008-01-31
920:2007-04-28
882:2007-04-28
795:Census.gov
768:2008-01-31
716:References
643:As of the
554:confluence
527:Montgomery
453:Township.
390:blacksmith
305:feature ID
200:Population
85:41°11′45″N
1527:Footnotes
1495:Slate Run
1475:Pennsdale
1440:Cedar Run
1399:Rauchtown
1296:Nippenose
1246:Loyalsock
1241:Limestone
1206:Fairfield
1161:Armstrong
1148:Townships
853:April 28,
556:with the
539:Millville
461:Geography
410:shoemaker
362:tributary
293:FIPS code
281:Area code
235:Time zone
192:Elevation
88:76°46′9″W
1430:Barbours
1361:Woodward
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1251:Lycoming
1211:Franklin
1196:Cummings
1166:Bastress
1090:Boroughs
811:cite web
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656:, 0.11%
652:, 0.17%
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269:ZIP code
141:Lycoming
35:Township
1485:Ralston
1480:Proctor
1445:Chemung
1271:Mifflin
1256:McHenry
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1221:Hepburn
1186:Clinton
1181:Cascade
1156:Anthony
948:June 4,
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801:15 July
739:Aug 14,
703:Schools
491:Montour
441:Whiskey
398:butcher
385:towpath
381:Sunbury
364:of the
348:History
308:1216764
147:Settled
114:Country
1518:Masten
1470:Nisbet
1465:Linden
1435:Cammal
1389:Kenmar
1351:Watson
1326:Porter
1266:McNett
1231:Jordan
1216:Gamble
1201:Eldred
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674:Latino
645:census
574:Census
519:Milton
402:weaver
394:saddle
392:and a
340:. The
208:3,575
136:County
1379:Faxon
1311:Piatt
1286:Muncy
1236:Lewis
1176:Brown
1171:Brady
1123:Muncy
662:Asian
650:White
632:−0.6%
627:3,552
614:3,575
599:3,474
517:near
499:Muncy
437:Muncy
374:canal
317:is a
274:17756
263:(EDT)
261:UTC-4
240:UTC-5
221:3,552
124:State
1394:Oval
1371:CDPs
1356:Wolf
1316:Pine
1306:Penn
1061:City
950:2016
909:ISBN
855:2007
823:help
803:2022
741:2017
619:2.9%
610:2020
595:2010
583:Note
578:Pop.
493:and
419:and
408:, a
404:, a
360:, a
303:GNIS
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158:1797
150:1773
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