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Which brings us to
Intercourse. You can imagine my delight when I found out that the Amish call the town of Intercourse, Pennsylvania, their home. There seems to be a lot of explanations from locals trying to pass off the name as a bastardisation of 'Enter Course' and so on, but seeing as there are
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Leola made headlines in the Spring of 2006 when six members of a single family were found murdered inside a house. The victims were all related to the alleged perpetrator, Jesse Dee Wise, who was 21 at the time of the murders. The killings took place over the Palm Sunday weekend, but the victims
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of 2000, there were 6,625 people, 2,429 households, and 1,807 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,098.6 inhabitants per square mile (424.2/km). There were 2,506 housing units at an average density of 415.6 per square mile (160.5/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.75%
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other local towns called Blue Ball, Bird In Hand, and Mount Joy, I suspect that the person responsible had a very juvenile sense of humour. The town sits in upstate
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1308:Peach Bottom
1293:Nickel Mines
1278:New Milltown
1273:New Danville
1243:Martic Forge
1233:Leaman Place
917:Farmersville
876:Brickerville
871:Bowmansville
861:Bird-in-Hand
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1343:West Willow
1323:Safe Harbor
1248:Marticville
1228:Kissel Hill
1223:Kirks Mills
1178:Dillerville
1100:communities
1068:Swartzville
1058:Soudersburg
1028:Rohrerstown
972:Landisville
957:Intercourse
942:Gordonville
610:Quarryville
605:New Holland
480:County seat
332:January 31,
167:other races
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48:2000 census
1395:Categories
1298:Ninepoints
1288:Neffsville
1253:Martindale
1138:Blainsport
1038:Rothsville
992:Morgantown
947:Hinkletown
932:Georgetown
892:Churchtown
881:Brownstown
856:Bainbridge
783:Providence
648:Caernarvon
620:Terre Hill
600:Mountville
545:Christiana
376:References
144:As of the
108:76°11′06″W
105:40°05′22″N
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1357:Footnotes
1213:Hunsecker
1203:Hempfield
1193:Fertility
1128:Bellemont
1113:Bartville
1073:Wakefield
1053:Smoketown
1048:Schoeneck
1018:Reinholds
1008:Reamstown
937:Goodville
907:East Earl
902:Conestoga
886:Cambridge
866:Blue Ball
828:West Earl
803:Strasburg
798:Salisbury
763:Mount Joy
733:Lancaster
718:Elizabeth
698:East Earl
663:Conestoga
643:Brecknock
630:Townships
615:Strasburg
595:Mount Joy
534:Adamstown
505:Lancaster
487:Lancaster
307:April 23,
94:Geography
80:Mount Joy
72:Blue Ball
60:Bareville
42:, in the
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1173:Creswell
1168:Conewago
1163:Cocalico
1158:Chickies
1133:Bethesda
1123:Beartown
998:Paradise
967:Lampeter
962:Kirkwood
952:Hopeland
912:Falmouth
793:Sadsbury
768:Paradise
658:Colerain
585:Marietta
550:Columbia
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171:Hispanic
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153:, 1.49%
88:Paradise
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1183:Drumore
1118:Bausman
1063:Stevens
1043:Salunga
987:Maytown
813:Warwick
748:Manheim
738:Leacock
723:Ephrata
673:Drumore
580:Manheim
570:Ephrata
403:(2006)
384:(1979)
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1303:Oregon
1268:Narvon
1238:Lyndon
1198:Florin
1088:Witmer
1023:Rheems
1013:Refton
1003:Penryn
778:Pequea
758:Martic
728:Fulton
575:Lititz
555:Denver
428:, 1965
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146:census
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1148:Cains
1033:Ronks
977:Leola
788:Rapho
753:Manor
668:Conoy
540:Akron
213:Notes
163:Asian
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30:is a
1143:Buck
897:Clay
848:CDPs
773:Penn
713:Eden
678:Earl
653:Clay
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497:City
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