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293:. It is the home of former
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191: • Estimate
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512:Dimock, Pennsylvania
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199: • Density
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516:Cabot Oil & Gas
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1268:Laurel Lake
1253:Forest Lake
1230:Springville
1225:Silver Lake
1210:New Milford
1145:Forest Lake
1120:Bridgewater
1056:New Milford
1016:Forest City
991:County seat
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928:. Bloomberg
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291:2020 census
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89: /
1400:Categories
1363:West Lenox
1348:Lenoxville
1313:East Lenox
1205:Middletown
1160:Great Bend
1076:Union Dale
1036:Hop Bottom
1026:Great Bend
591:Census.gov
563:August 14,
528:References
426:As of the
173:Population
77:75°54′59″W
74:41°44′00″N
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1097:Townships
1041:Lanesboro
1031:Hallstead
882:: 773–810
736:March 11,
597:August 5,
335:Geography
268:FIPS code
256:Area code
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1303:Brooklyn
1298:Brackney
1263:Lakeside
1235:Thompson
1150:Franklin
1135:Clifford
1130:Choconut
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607:cite web
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1258:Harford
1215:Oakland
1200:Liberty
1190:Lathrop
1180:Jackson
1175:Herrick
1170:Harmony
1165:Harford
1061:Oakland
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758:June 4,
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657:May 14,
647:Reuters
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327:History
128:Settled
102:Country
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1318:Gibson
1308:Dimock
1185:Jessup
1155:Gibson
1140:Dimock
1115:Auburn
1110:Ararat
464:Latino
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366:Note
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