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871:References
732:As of the
373:Algonquian
316:feature ID
224:Population
113:44°14′11″N
1584:Woodville
1496:Henderson
1486:Fort Drum
1413:Glen Park
1403:Ellisburg
1320:Watertown
1265:Henderson
1260:Ellisburg
1196:Watertown
1178:Watertown
968:0360-1021
848:service.
818:Route 12E
800:Transport
438:Watertown
406:Geography
304:FIPS code
292:Area code
246:Time zone
216:Elevation
169:Jefferson
1574:Limerick
1511:Lorraine
1501:Herrings
1393:Deferiet
1383:Chaumont
1378:Carthage
1340:Villages
1280:Lorraine
1250:Champion
976:40914461
859:See also
767:Hispanic
757:, 0.16%
753:, 0.49%
749:, 0.55%
741:, 1.26%
377:Iroquois
358:New York
308:36-16089
280:ZIP code
157:New York
116:76°5′7″W
1566:Hamlets
1541:Redwood
1536:Plessis
1466:Calcium
1433:Theresa
1388:Clayton
1358:Antwerp
1315:Theresa
1310:Rutland
1295:Pamelia
1290:Orleans
1255:Clayton
1235:Antwerp
1020:June 4,
737:95.83%
367:History
348:in the
346:village
342:Clayton
324:Website
319:0946809
181:Clayton
142:Country
90:Clayton
60:Clayton
33:Village
1546:Rodman
1398:Dexter
1305:Rodman
1275:Le Ray
1067:
974:
966:
771:Latino
734:census
721:−13.8%
691:−15.7%
466:Census
383:1470.
164:County
1521:Oxbow
1348:Adams
1330:Worth
1325:Wilna
1225:Adams
1217:Towns
972:JSTOR
755:Asian
743:Black
739:White
716:1,705
701:1,978
686:1,821
676:18.9%
671:2,160
661:−7.8%
656:1,816
646:−1.3%
641:1,970
626:1,996
616:−0.9%
611:1,981
596:1,999
581:1,940
571:−4.7%
566:1,849
551:1,941
536:1,913
521:1,748
511:58.9%
506:1,621
491:1,020
381:circa
344:is a
285:13624
274:(EDT)
272:UTC-4
251:UTC-5
232:1,705
152:State
1448:CDPs
1285:Lyme
1188:City
1065:ISBN
1047:2008
1022:2015
964:ISSN
925:2018
892:2022
839:and
712:2020
706:8.6%
697:2010
682:2000
667:1990
652:1980
637:1970
631:0.8%
622:1960
607:1950
601:3.0%
592:1940
586:4.9%
577:1930
562:1920
556:1.5%
547:1910
541:9.4%
532:1900
526:7.8%
517:1890
502:1880
487:1870
475:Note
470:Pop.
394:and
390:The
333:.com
314:GNIS
187:Area
176:Town
769:or
745:or
352:in
329:www
297:315
265:DST
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