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Ocheyedan Elementary School. The district closed it in 2009. A reduction in the number of students was the reason for the closure. By 2014 the district was trying to find another use for the building.
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There is a common misconception that the highest point in Iowa is the
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1251:Map of Iowa highlighting Osceola County
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781:. United States Census Bureau
761:, Missiologist and Theologian
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779:"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"
365:United States Census Bureau
55:Location of Ocheyedan, Iowa
18:City in Iowa, United States
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1095:"Ocheyedan Elementary"
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980:"U.S. Census website"
955:"U.S. Census website"
755:, Illinois politician
611:U.S. Decennial Census
391:Historical population
348:43.41444°N 95.53528°W
224: • Summer (
80:43.41444°N 95.53528°W
1374:United States portal
1178:Osceola County, Iowa
759:Dr. Craig Van Gelder
198: • Density
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1367:Iowa portal
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1335:communities
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1278:East Holman
1193:County seat
989:January 31,
689:other races
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766:References
678:As of the
622:As of the
336:43°24′52″N
277:feature ID
185:Population
68:43°24′52″N
1343:Allendorf
1308:Ocheyedan
1260:Townships
1233:Ocheyedan
1133:March 24,
1105:March 24,
1079:March 24,
1053:March 22,
1017:March 24,
887:April 23,
785:March 16,
726:Education
339:95°32′7″W
325:Geography
313:Ocheyedan
287:Ocheyedan
265:FIPS code
253:Area code
241:ZIP codes
207:Time zone
177:Elevation
71:95°32′7″W
1348:May City
1298:Harrison
1283:Fairview
693:Hispanic
652:Hispanic
269:19-58530
1268:Allison
964:May 11,
939:June 4,
917:May 11,
861:July 7,
642:, 0.2%
638:, 0.4%
634:, 0.2%
305:History
280:0459794
142:Osceola
97:Country
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1303:Horton
1293:Goewey
1288:Gilman
1238:Sibley
1228:Melvin
1223:Harris
1218:Ashton
1210:Cities
1200:Sibley
1069:"Home"
697:Latino
680:census
656:Latino
624:census
606:−10.4%
561:−10.0%
531:−17.7%
396:Census
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1313:Viola
1273:Baker
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685:White
644:Asian
632:White
591:−8.6%
576:−0.6%
516:−5.4%
501:−1.7%
486:13.6%
471:−8.6%
456:15.3%
441:−0.7%
235:(CDT)
233:UTC-5
212:UTC-6
117:State
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405:Note
400:Pop.
378:The
295:Iowa
275:GNIS
148:Area
130:Iowa
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