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1555:Utah portal
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1354:County seat
983:January 31,
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788:2019 (est.)
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1578:Categories
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1110:October 8,
911:References
807:As of the
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340:Population
290:Government
202:38°55′16″N
18:Aurora, UT
1540:Footnotes
1484:Burrville
1449:Koosharem
1424:Annabella
1389:Richfield
1361:Richfield
1284:Fish Lake
1273:Richfield
1050:797284427
930:August 7,
542:Richfield
488:Geography
428:FIPS code
418:Area code
370:Time zone
332:Elevation
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1434:Elsinore
1231:Fillmore
1100:"Aurora"
999:"Aurora"
883:See also
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819:, 0.53%
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407:ZIP code
1454:Redmond
1211:Redmond
1132:June 4,
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855:males.
520:History
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448:Website
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264:Settled
231:Country
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1489:Sevier
1479:Austin
1459:Sigurd
1444:Joseph
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1384:Monroe
1379:Aurora
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841:Latino
809:census
708:−24.3%
603:109.6%
558:Census
538:Salina
466:Aurora
258:Sevier
253:County
176:Aurora
143:Aurora
110:Aurora
62:SR-260
1416:Towns
1293:Lyman
825:Asian
817:White
791:1,052
778:1,016
738:77.3%
663:−7.6%
648:50.4%
618:25.8%
504:This
411:84620
396:UTC-6
375:UTC-7
356:1,052
348:1,016
241:State
1134:2015
1112:2023
1075:2023
1046:OCLC
1036:ISBN
985:2008
957:2020
932:2020
796:3.5%
783:7.3%
774:2010
768:4.0%
759:2000
753:4.2%
744:1990
729:1980
723:6.0%
714:1970
699:1960
693:1.2%
684:1950
678:6.9%
669:1940
654:1930
639:1920
633:6.2%
624:1910
609:1900
594:1890
579:1880
567:Note
562:Pop.
540:and
474:Utah
457:.org
438:GNIS
303:Area
277:1914
267:1875
246:Utah
82:Utah
47:City
1289:Loa
839:or
763:947
748:911
733:874
718:493
703:465
688:614
673:607
658:568
643:615
628:409
613:385
598:306
583:146
453:www
422:435
400:MDT
389:DST
379:MST
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