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212:Population
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96:88°42′53″W
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394:History
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1084:Downs
686:White
561:−4.8%
277:61730
260:UTC-5
239:UTC-6
129:State
1297:CDPs
1277:West
1187:Dale
1023:Town
898:2008
800:2023
775:2023
657:2020
642:2010
636:0.9%
627:2000
612:1990
606:7.5%
597:1980
591:9.0%
582:1970
567:1960
552:1950
537:1940
531:9.1%
522:1930
507:1920
492:1910
480:Note
475:Pop.
306:GNIS
175:Area
696:or
661:157
646:182
631:213
616:211
601:259
586:241
571:221
556:256
541:269
526:324
511:297
496:332
289:309
264:CDT
253:DST
243:CST
220:157
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