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54:Location of Castle Rock, Washington
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127:Incorporated
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1471:Rose Valley
1466:Rocky Point
1396:Bunker Hill
1383:communities
1346:Beacon Hill
1295:Castle Rock
1270:County seat
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1004:January 31,
856:other races
832:2000 census
826:2000 census
800:other races
772:2010 census
766:2010 census
759:2020 Census
466:Silver Lake
458:Spirit Lake
419: /
407:122°54′18″W
344:2020 census
316:Castle Rock
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70:122°54′18″W
1563:Categories
1481:Sandy Bend
1441:Kid Valley
1416:Coal Creek
901:References
830:As of the
770:As of the
404:46°16′26″N
324:Washington
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1525:Footnotes
1456:Ostrander
1446:Oak Point
1366:Ryderwood
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1190:April 11,
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978:March 16,
921:August 7,
889:Education
389:Geography
282:FIPS code
270:Area code
224:Time zone
180:Elevation
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1200:cite web
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850:, 0.38%
846:, 0.28%
842:, 2.02%
838:, 0.23%
804:Hispanic
504:Longview
286:53-10565
258:ZIP code
42:The Rock
1486:Sightly
1426:Eufaula
794:, 0.4%
790:, 0.2%
786:, 2.2%
782:, 0.1%
395:Seattle
350:History
302:Website
297:1512072
121:Cowlitz
95:Country
1501:Toutle
1496:Stella
1451:Olequa
1401:Caples
1351:Cougar
1300:Kalama
1287:Cities
864:Latino
808:Latino
602:−16.9%
527:Census
477:Olequa
456:, the
116:County
1391:Ariel
1381:Other
1305:Kelso
1277:Kelso
848:Asian
836:White
792:Asian
780:White
752:23.4%
747:2,446
737:−6.9%
732:1,982
717:2,130
707:−4.4%
702:2,067
692:31.3%
687:2,162
677:15.7%
672:1,647
662:13.5%
657:1,424
642:1,255
632:−4.6%
627:1,182
617:49.5%
612:1,239
587:33.1%
572:10.1%
263:98611
252:(PDT)
250:UTC−7
229:UTC−8
218:2,154
214:Urban
199:2,446
104:State
1516:Yale
1338:CDPs
1212:help
1192:2022
1166:2012
1141:2013
1104:2022
1083:2012
1053:2011
1006:2008
980:2022
923:2020
743:2020
728:2010
722:3.0%
713:2000
698:1990
683:1980
668:1970
653:1960
647:6.2%
638:1950
623:1940
608:1930
593:1920
578:1910
563:1900
548:1890
536:Note
531:Pop.
479:and
464:and
362:and
292:GNIS
195:City
155:City
148:Area
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