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1182:County seat
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876:August 12,
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827:References
726:As of the
674:As of the
398:93°23′52″W
395:41°53′25″N
348:Ames, Iowa
316:feature ID
224:Population
166:Government
158:City Clerk
81:93°23′52″W
78:41°53′25″N
1436:Footnotes
1358:Palestine
1333:Lafayette
1300:Townships
1212:Cambridge
1095:March 22,
1059:March 24,
911:April 23,
847:March 16,
791:Education
649:March 29,
384:Geography
304:FIPS code
292:Area code
246:Time zone
216:Elevation
1363:Richland
1313:Franklin
1262:Sheldahl
745:Hispanic
739:, 0.50%
735:, 0.25%
700:Hispanic
660:Source:
308:19-50520
280:ZIP code
1427:Ontario
1403:Fernald
1368:Sherman
1343:Milford
1338:Lincoln
1308:Collins
1278:Zearing
1242:Maxwell
1227:Gilbert
1217:Collins
988:May 11,
963:June 4,
941:May 11,
778:Museums
694:, 0.4%
690:, 0.2%
686:, 0.3%
637:Source:
364:History
336:Maxwell
324:Website
319:0458863
107:Country
1378:Warren
1348:Nevada
1323:Howard
1268:Slater
1257:Roland
1252:Nevada
1237:Kelley
1232:Huxley
1199:Cities
1189:Nevada
749:Latino
728:census
704:Latino
676:census
619:+14.0%
528:+12.6%
515:−11.1%
476:+78.8%
147:County
137:
117:
1373:Union
1318:Grant
1089:(PDF)
1078:(PDF)
1050:(PDF)
741:Asian
733:White
696:Asian
684:White
632:−6.6%
606:+2.4%
593:+0.6%
580:+3.3%
567:−1.9%
554:−3.6%
541:−1.2%
502:+7.6%
489:−6.9%
285:50161
274:(CDT)
272:UTC-5
251:UTC-6
152:Story
127:State
1222:Colo
1207:Ames
1097:2020
1061:2020
1015:2008
990:2012
965:2015
943:2012
913:2011
878:2021
849:2022
795:The
655:and
651:2020
625:2020
612:2010
599:2000
586:1990
573:1980
560:1970
547:1960
534:1950
521:1940
508:1930
495:1920
482:1910
469:1900
456:1890
444:Pop.
440:Year
314:GNIS
187:Area
140:Iowa
44:City
747:or
702:or
629:859
616:920
603:807
590:788
577:783
564:758
551:773
538:802
525:812
512:721
499:811
486:754
473:810
460:453
297:515
265:DST
232:859
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