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1770:Iowa portal
1746:Teeds Grove
1741:Petersville
1703:communities
1657:Spring Rock
1531:Lost Nation
1526:Grand Mound
1461:County seat
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866:Grand Mound
758:other races
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1592:Brookfield
1587:Bloomfield
1521:Goose Lake
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1755:Footnotes
1667:Waterford
1632:Hampshire
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1579:Townships
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1541:Maquoketa
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