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1564:Beach Haven
1546:communities
1514:Trucksville
1489:Pikes Creek
1215:Black Creek
1182:White Haven
1162:Warrior Run
1152:Sugar Notch
1147:Shickshinny
948:County seat
632:other races
595:2021 (est.)
388:to provide
363:prospectors
335:White Haven
317:Early years
302:coal mining
1803:Categories
1776:75°52′59″W
1773:40°58′00″N
1669:Old Boston
1634:Korn Krest
1629:Koonsville
1499:Shavertown
1423:Georgetown
1295:Huntington
1285:Hollenback
1210:Bear Creek
1192:Yatesville
1107:Laurel Run
1102:Larksville
1082:Hughestown
1067:Forty Fort
873:2008-01-31
811:2009-01-22
763:Census.gov
715:References
609:As of the
421:immigrants
327:Tench Coxe
167:Population
1733:Footnotes
1709:Tomhicken
1689:Sandy Run
1679:Rock Glen
1659:Mossville
1654:Moosehead
1579:Cranberry
1509:Silkworth
1478:Nuremberg
1468:Mocanaqua
1428:Glen Lyon
1408:Browntown
1370:Sugarloaf
1325:Nescopeck
1255:Fairmount
1230:Conyngham
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1117:Nescopeck
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1032:Conyngham
978:Nanticoke
769:August 3,
484:Geography
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236:FIPS code
202:Time zone
1719:Waterton
1609:Humboldt
1594:Ebervale
1504:Sheatown
1458:Lattimer
1453:Inkerman
1443:Hilldale
1433:Harleigh
1345:Plymouth
1335:Pittston
1310:Kingston
1270:Franklin
1260:Fairview
1245:Dorrance
1240:Dennison
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1092:Kingston
1072:Freeland
1009:Boroughs
983:Pittston
973:Hazleton
779:cite web
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1187:Wyoming
1142:Pringle
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669:Gallery
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1694:Suscon
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1639:Kunkle
1574:Cambra
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1494:Plains
1448:Hudson
1385:Wright
1365:Slocum
1340:Plains
1320:Lehman
1265:Foster
1250:Exeter
1235:Dallas
1225:Butler
1097:Laflin
1062:Exeter
1052:Duryea
1047:Dupont
1042:Dallas
1017:Ashley
965:Cities
640:Latino
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455:, and
445:Poland
437:Europe
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394:stable
390:lumber
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111:County
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1589:Drums
1554:Alden
1413:Chase
1375:Union
1360:Salem
1280:Hazle
1087:Jeddo
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555:3,323
457:Italy
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