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889:(1898–1967), research engineer
18:Town in Indiana, United States
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1138:County seat
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844:other races
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1399:Categories
1337:Radioville
1312:Beardstown
1281:Lake Bruce
1263:White Post
1253:Tippecanoe
1243:Rich Grove
900:References
829:As of the
781:As of the
324:Rensselaer
292:U.S. state
270:feature ID
178:Population
135:White Post
70:86°53′26″W
67:41°04′49″N
1361:Footnotes
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1292:Star City
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1200:Townships
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507:Geography
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170:Elevation
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1223:Harrison
1218:Franklin
1173:Monterey
1016:July 17,
848:Hispanic
838:, 0.18%
803:Hispanic
262:18-48186
234:ZIP code
130:Township
1287:Pulaski
1178:Winamac
1145:Winamac
1038:June 4,
793:, 0.2%
389:Winamac
336:Winamac
328:Winamac
306:History
296:Indiana
273:2396747
123:Pulaski
111:Indiana
96:Country
1342:Ripley
1332:Lawton
1322:Denham
1317:Clarks
1238:Monroe
1208:Beaver
852:Latino
831:census
807:Latino
783:census
735:−18.0%
615:−12.1%
540:Census
456:Starke
118:County
1302:Other
1248:Salem
1155:Towns
836:White
791:White
765:−9.0%
720:−5.7%
705:−0.1%
690:−3.4%
675:−9.0%
660:18.5%
645:15.2%
630:−2.2%
585:96.9%
419:, an
239:47957
228:(EDT)
226:UTC-4
205:UTC-5
106:State
1273:CDPs
1213:Cass
1065:2012
1040:2015
1018:2015
988:2011
966:2008
922:2022
756:2020
750:8.7%
741:2010
726:2000
711:1990
696:1980
681:1970
666:1960
651:1950
636:1940
621:1930
606:1920
591:1910
576:1870
561:1860
549:Note
544:Pop.
511:The
452:Knox
421:Ohio
393:rods
268:GNIS
141:Area
33:Town
850:or
805:or
760:559
745:614
730:565
715:689
700:731
685:732
670:758
655:833
640:703
625:610
610:624
595:710
580:193
334:in
326:to
294:of
251:219
219:DST
186:559
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1126:,
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930:^
565:98
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286:,
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