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1330:Pigeon Falls
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1501:Frenchville
1481:Chapultepee
1476:Centerville
1458:communities
1423:Trempealeau
1340:Trempealeau
1241:County seat
978:January 31,
922:January 31,
811:2000 census
785:other races
759:2010 census
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352:2020 Census
348:2010 Census
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1593:Categories
1526:Pine Creek
1486:Coral City
1276:Galesville
1042:Osseo News
1040:, Source:
874:References
823:As of the
763:As of the
510:91°28′16″W
507:44°34′31″N
414:grist mill
406:blacksmith
391:Union Army
384:Eau Claire
280:feature ID
188:Population
74:91°28′16″W
71:44°34′31″N
1496:Elk Creek
1373:Caledonia
1291:Whitehall
1248:Whitehall
1091:April 23,
893:August 7,
485:Geography
380:Whitehall
340:Wisconsin
268:FIPS code
210:Time zone
180:Elevation
133:Wisconsin
1541:Tamarack
1368:Burnside
1312:Villages
1065:April 3,
843:, 0.16%
839:, 0.16%
835:, 0.16%
789:Hispanic
368:Ho-Chunk
272:55-23175
244:ZIP Code
1536:Russell
1413:Preston
1403:Lincoln
1388:Ettrick
1363:Arcadia
1325:Ettrick
1266:Arcadia
1165:May 27,
1143:June 4,
779:, 0.3%
775:, 0.1%
410:Augusta
358:History
283:1564504
100:Country
33:Village
1418:Sumner
1408:Pigeon
1358:Albion
1258:Cities
825:census
793:Latino
765:census
702:−17.2%
552:Census
372:Ojibwe
364:Lakota
140:County
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1516:Iduna
1446:Dodge
1428:Unity
1383:Dodge
1350:Towns
1335:Strum
1320:Eleva
1286:Osseo
1271:Blair
845:Asian
833:White
781:Asian
773:White
717:29.3%
657:14.4%
642:18.0%
627:13.7%
612:−5.8%
597:18.8%
450:Eleva
290:Eleva
249:54738
238:(CDT)
236:UTC−5
215:UTC−6
120:State
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1506:Hale
1398:Hale
1393:Gale
1167:2020
1145:2015
1123:2012
1093:2011
1067:2015
980:2008
952:2012
924:2008
895:2020
747:2.2%
738:2020
732:5.5%
723:2010
708:2000
693:1990
687:3.3%
678:1980
672:4.7%
663:1970
648:1960
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588:1920
573:1910
561:Note
556:Pop.
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366:and
278:GNIS
151:Area
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