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1575:Springfield
1530:Charlestown
1470:County seat
1240:January 31,
1120:January 10,
600:(northwest)
594:(southwest)
582:(southeast)
570:(northeast)
550:Clarksville
526:watershed.
484: 1843
462:maple sugar
438:water power
426:New Ipswich
391: 1920
368:2020 census
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1590:Washington
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1193:August 7,
490:Geography
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256:Time zone
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1560:Lempster
1550:Grantham
1404:Stoddard
1357:Lempster
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1016:Hispanic
1010:, 0.34%
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406:colonial
322:33-78980
294:ZIP code
152:Villages
136:Sullivan
1661:Meriden
1636:Balloch
1613:Newport
1580:Sunapee
1565:Newport
1555:Langdon
1540:Croydon
1535:Cornish
1525:Acworth
1477:Newport
1409:Windsor
1215:June 4,
588:(south)
580:Windsor
564:(north)
546:Indians
544:of the
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378:History
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1399:Marlow
1332:Goshen
1167:May 2,
1020:Latino
1003:census
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855:−20.5%
840:−14.4%
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810:−18.5%
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780:−18.7%
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615:Census
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576:(east)
562:Goshen
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450:mutton
418:Native
131:County
1656:Guild
1585:Unity
1517:Towns
1008:White
985:1,192
975:25.5%
970:1,123
960:42.5%
945:52.8%
930:65.7%
915:53.1%
900:−3.6%
870:13.5%
765:−6.5%
735:−4.5%
730:1,053
720:−2.8%
715:1,103
705:14.4%
700:1,135
690:21.0%
660:50.3%
358:is a
299:03280
282:UTC−4
261:UTC−5
242:1,192
120:State
1600:CDPs
1487:City
1242:2008
1217:2016
1195:2018
1169:2015
1143:2021
1122:2022
990:6.1%
981:2020
966:2010
951:2000
936:1990
921:1980
906:1970
891:1960
876:1950
861:1940
846:1930
831:1920
816:1910
801:1900
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756:1870
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726:1850
711:1840
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675:0.1%
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651:1800
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446:wool
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