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Incorporated in 1967, the Owens Cross Roads City Hall sits facing
Highway 431 South, a busy corridor of modern life. The city proudly boasts of having the first Blue Ribbon School in Madison County, a highly praised Volunteer Fire Department and a Police Department dedicated to serve and protect the
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In the town the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there
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Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia with names such as Wood, Parker, Craig, Craft, Maples, Carpenter and Brannum, but a gentleman named Thomas J. Owens had migrated
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1488:New Market
1398:Huntsville
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1577:Footnotes
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1538:Monrovia
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1468:Harvest
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737:76.79%
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236:Madison
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1548:Plevna
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790:0.15%
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764:1.35%
751:7.75%
734:1,992
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575:Census
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1523:Chase
1437:Towns
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885:Black
881:White
770:Asian
729:White
717:Race
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680:70.5%
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665:35.3%
660:1,521
650:61.7%
645:1,124
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313:2,594
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