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1560:County seat
1501: /
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1165:October 29,
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1756:Categories
1681:Wedgeworth
1620:Moundville
1585:Greensboro
1567:Greensboro
1489:87°44′28″W
1486:32°52′35″N
1145:References
855:As of the
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388:Greensboro
357:87°44′28″W
354:32°52′35″N
337:Tanglewood
264:feature ID
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172:Population
74:87°44′27″W
71:32°52′35″N
1718:Footnotes
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1288:April 23,
1262:April 12,
864:, 81.00%
648:Pop 2020
645:Pop 2010
343:Geography
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194:Time zone
164:Elevation
1709:Freetown
874:Hispanic
256:01-00676
245:205, 659
228:ZIP code
1676:Stewart
1651:Gallion
1626:Newbern
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844:100.00%
839:100.00%
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691:86.52%
671:12.92%
654:% 2020
651:% 2010
313:Alabama
117:Alabama
100:Country
1699:Arcola
1656:Havana
1646:Darrah
1112:−15.3%
1067:−13.3%
1052:−28.4%
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815:0.28%
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584:−31.7%
554:−22.5%
524:−11.4%
509:−11.7%
479:−36.4%
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268:112953
124:County
1615:Akron
1607:Towns
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1107:1,582
1092:1,868
1082:−2.5%
1077:1,745
1062:1,789
1047:2,064
1037:68.2%
1032:2,883
1022:12.2%
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1002:1,527
992:12.0%
987:2,454
977:28.1%
972:2,191
962:56.9%
957:1,710
942:1,090
866:Black
862:White
824:Total
786:(NH)
724:Asian
660:White
569:11.3%
539:12.9%
494:35.7%
464:17.5%
392:Eutaw
276:Akron
233:35441
222:(CDT)
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1577:City
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