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1411:January 31,
1210:October 29,
907:(≥ 0.01 in)
396:Valley Head
385: /
237:UTC−5
216:UTC−6
147:Rob Hammond
86: /
1797:Categories
1738:Bootsville
1710:Ten Broeck
1594:Pine Ridge
1559:Crossville
1523:Rainsville
1513:Fort Payne
1495:Fort Payne
1338:October 7,
1190:References
373:85°34′49″W
370:34°34′20″N
341:earthquake
281:feature ID
189:Population
131:Government
74:85°34′49″W
71:34°34′20″N
1752:Footnotes
1680:Grove Oak
1645:Adamsburg
1604:Sand Rock
1569:Geraldine
1313:April 23,
359:Geography
337:epicenter
269:FIPS code
257:Area code
211:Time zone
181:Elevation
1733:Battelle
1700:Loveless
1690:Hopewell
1615:Sylvania
1584:Lakeview
1157:Hispanic
1151:, 0.67%
1143:, 1.11%
952:Source:
900:(15.01)
830:(1,395)
761:Average
273:01-48064
245:ZIP code
1675:Dogtown
1589:Mentone
1518:Henagar
1386:June 3,
1360:June 6,
1287:May 20,
1175:males.
890:(0.51)
681:(−1.1)
666:(14.8)
661:(18.8)
656:(19.2)
651:(16.9)
646:(11.9)
631:(−1.0)
626:(−2.5)
616:(21.5)
611:(10.9)
606:(18.0)
601:(22.6)
596:(28.1)
591:(31.2)
586:(31.4)
581:(29.6)
576:(25.7)
571:(21.5)
566:(16.7)
561:(12.1)
413:Climate
324:History
307:Alabama
299:Mentone
284:2406147
113:Alabama
99:Country
1715:Whiton
1670:Dawson
1650:Aroney
1640:Alpine
1610:Shiloh
1599:Powell
1505:Cities
1249:
1161:Latino
1137:census
1122:−11.4%
1107:−20.2%
972:Census
895:(2.3)
855:(1.0)
850:(3.3)
845:(3.3)
840:(4.6)
825:(103)
820:(127)
810:(112)
800:(133)
795:(105)
790:(118)
785:(115)
780:(128)
775:(140)
770:(138)
756:(−27)
751:(−22)
746:(−19)
706:(−17)
701:(−27)
696:(−26)
686:(8.1)
676:(2.9)
671:(7.9)
641:(6.4)
636:(2.4)
556:(9.6)
437:Month
330:Menton
125:DeKalb
120:County
1685:Guest
1564:Fyffe
1545:Towns
1145:Black
1141:White
1092:−4.9%
1077:−0.4%
1062:17.0%
1047:62.8%
1017:56.5%
828:54.97
815:(87)
805:(89)
741:(−7)
736:(−2)
716:(−2)
711:(−7)
546:(41)
541:(26)
536:(32)
531:(37)
526:(40)
521:(41)
516:(41)
511:(40)
506:(38)
501:(33)
496:(32)
491:(27)
486:(26)
476:Year
250:35984
239:(CDT)
108:State
1579:Ider
1413:2008
1388:2014
1362:2013
1340:2015
1315:2011
1289:2015
1247:ISBN
1212:2021
1113:2020
1098:2010
1083:2000
1068:1990
1053:1980
1038:1970
1032:3.7%
1023:1960
1008:1950
993:1940
981:Note
976:Pop.
947:132
885:(0)
880:(0)
875:(0)
870:(0)
865:(0)
860:(0)
823:4.06
818:4.99
813:3.43
808:4.42
803:3.52
798:5.22
793:4.13
788:4.65
783:4.54
778:5.04
773:5.53
768:5.44
731:(7)
726:(7)
721:(2)
684:46.5
679:30.0
674:37.3
669:46.2
664:58.6
659:65.9
654:66.6
649:62.4
644:53.5
639:43.5
634:36.4
629:30.2
624:27.5
614:70.6
609:51.6
604:64.4
599:72.7
594:82.5
589:88.2
584:88.5
579:85.3
574:78.2
569:70.7
564:62.1
559:53.8
554:49.3
473:Dec
470:Nov
467:Oct
464:Sep
461:Aug
458:Jul
455:Jun
452:May
449:Apr
446:Mar
443:Feb
440:Jan
279:GNIS
152:Area
33:Town
1159:or
1147:or
1117:319
1102:360
1087:451
1072:474
1057:476
1042:407
1027:250
1012:241
997:154
944:12
941:11
932:10
929:12
926:12
923:11
920:11
917:12
914:12
911:12
898:5.9
893:0.9
888:0.2
853:0.4
848:1.3
843:1.3
838:1.8
754:−17
699:−17
694:−15
544:106
524:104
519:105
514:106
509:104
504:100
423:Cfa
262:256
230:DST
197:319
1799::
1491::
1476:,
1404:.
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1305:.
1279:.
1220:^
986:%±
938:8
935:9
749:−8
744:−2
739:19
734:29
729:45
724:45
719:35
714:29
709:19
539:78
534:90
529:98
499:92
494:90
489:80
484:79
343:.
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