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438:Clare County
429:
428:
235:Incorporated
69:Clare County
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1586:Piney Woods
1560:Lake George
1530:Buck Trails
1507:communities
1495:Winterfield
1485:Summerfield
1341:County seat
1110:January 31,
879:2000 census
853:other races
819:2010 census
446:2020 census
370:ZIP code(s)
170: /
1661:Categories
1606:Ghost town
1535:Colonville
1018:References
883:As of the
823:As of the
406:feature ID
314:Population
243:Government
158:84°52′04″W
155:43°50′08″N
1623:Footnotes
1540:Cooperton
1525:Ash Acres
1520:Allendale
1450:Greenwood
939:Education
536:Ludington
460:Geography
394:FIPS code
382:Area code
336:Time zone
306:Elevation
1614:Clarence
1575:Meredith
1480:Sheridan
1455:Hamilton
1440:Garfield
1425:Franklin
1372:Harrison
1348:Harrison
1272:Archived
906:Hispanic
900:, 0.12%
896:, 1.52%
892:, 0.58%
857:Hispanic
540:Harrison
442:Michigan
398:26-27500
216:Township
197:Michigan
1475:Redding
1470:Lincoln
1430:Freeman
1402:Farwell
1394:Village
1223:June 4,
1085:May 21,
847:, 0.1%
843:, 0.1%
839:, 0.7%
835:, 0.6%
532:Saginaw
524:platted
497:History
434:village
430:Farwell
414:Website
409:0625851
227:Settled
183:Country
129:Farwell
96:Farwell
33:Village
1596:Temple
1581:Phelps
1550:Hatton
1490:Surrey
1460:Hatton
1420:Arthur
1358:Cities
1159:
955:Images
910:Latino
885:census
861:Latino
825:census
657:−14.0%
567:Census
221:Surrey
204:County
1565:Leota
1545:Dover
1465:Hayes
1445:Grant
1435:Frost
1366:Clare
1275:(PDF)
1268:(PDF)
902:Asian
890:White
845:Asian
833:White
702:29.0%
687:27.5%
672:−6.0%
642:−2.4%
627:−8.4%
612:12.1%
490:M-115
454:Clare
432:is a
375:48622
364:(EDT)
362:UTC-4
341:UTC-5
268:Clerk
209:Clare
192:State
53:M-115
1555:Lake
1283:2022
1250:2012
1225:2015
1185:2022
1157:ISBN
1112:2008
1087:2022
1062:2022
1040:2022
807:1.0%
798:2020
792:1.9%
783:2010
777:0.5%
768:2000
762:5.8%
753:1990
747:3.5%
738:1980
732:5.4%
723:1970
717:6.2%
708:1960
693:1950
678:1940
663:1930
648:1920
633:1910
618:1900
603:1890
588:1880
576:Note
571:Pop.
505:The
421:.net
404:GNIS
277:Area
238:1879
230:1870
908:or
859:or
802:880
787:871
772:855
757:851
742:804
727:777
712:737
697:694
682:538
667:422
652:449
637:522
622:535
607:584
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355:DST
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