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158:Population
62:96°43′45″W
59:36°41′47″N
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1236:Shidler
882:June 4,
282:History
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88:Country
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482:−21.0%
467:−11.2%
452:−18.5%
437:−11.6%
392:Census
336:, and
110:County
1366:Other
1303:Osage
1278:Avant
1270:Towns
1247:Tulsa
901:(PDF)
575:White
542:−9.0%
527:−6.1%
288:Osage
219:74633
208:(CDT)
206:UTC-5
185:UTC-6
115:Osage
98:State
1328:CDPs
1308:Prue
1015:2024
945:and
912:2024
884:2015
862:2024
736:2008
694:2022
548:2020
533:2010
518:2000
512:2.5%
503:1990
488:1980
473:1970
458:1960
443:1950
428:1940
413:1930
401:Note
396:Pop.
276:2000
248:GNIS
121:Area
33:Town
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552:123
537:141
522:155
507:165
492:161
477:188
462:238
447:268
432:329
417:372
199:DST
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