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1300:Madisonburg
1280:Hublersburg
1275:Houserville
1260:Eagle Creek
1225:Baileyville
1033:Philipsburg
1013:Centre Hall
983:County seat
554:other races
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433:2020 census
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1570:Categories
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1265:Eagleville
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1053:Unionville
1008:Bellefonte
990:Bellefonte
892:2024-07-18
840:2010-07-26
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626:References
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399:77°45′53″W
396:40°54′48″N
208:Population
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126:Government
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1460:Graysdale
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1320:Moshannon
1315:Moose Run
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1177:Snow Shoe
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1023:Milesburg
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1450:Axemann
1425:Yarnell
1330:Nittany
1142:Liberty
1097:College
693:June 4,
646:Aug 13,
548:, 0.1%
544:, 0.4%
540:, 0.1%
463:cougars
451:Buffalo
439:History
277:Website
110:Settled
77:Country
1495:Waddle
1455:Colyer
1295:Lemont
1290:Julian
1250:Coburn
1197:Walker
1187:Taylor
1182:Spring
1167:Potter
1157:Patton
1147:Marion
1137:Huston
1132:Howard
1127:Harris
1117:Haines
1102:Curtin
1082:Benner
1018:Howard
562:Latino
529:census
296:Census
104:Centre
99:County
1440:Other
1202:Worth
1192:Union
1152:Miles
1112:Gregg
1087:Boggs
883:(PDF)
788:(PDF)
546:Asian
534:White
455:bears
356:44.9%
351:8,964
341:18.6%
336:6,188
321:5,217
256:UTC-4
235:UTC-5
216:8,964
87:State
1430:Zion
1350:Peru
1212:CDPs
1172:Rush
1162:Penn
866:2023
695:2016
673:2023
648:2017
468:The
461:and
347:2020
332:2010
317:2000
305:Note
300:Pop.
179:Area
121:1853
113:1793
560:or
511:of
260:EDT
249:DST
239:EST
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