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460:, the city of Guin has a total area of 15.0 square miles (39 km), all land. Purgatory Creek runs through the southern part of the city, leading west to Beaver Creek, which continues west to the
368:, Mississippi. Jeremiah Guin, while looking for a place to make his home, moved the center of interest about a mile east of Haley's Trading Post (now 12th Street N. and 11 Ave. in present-day Guin).
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1410:Hackleburg
1398:Glen Allen
1388:Bear Creek
1346:Haleyville
1245:87°55′00″W
1242:33°58′23″N
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1497:Footnotes
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1393:Brilliant
1173:August 2,
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362:Columbus
272:01-32224
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283:0154458
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118:Country
1450:Pigeye
1404:Gu-Win
1333:Cities
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870:2.64%
863:Latino
853:4.46%
840:0.36%
827:0.36%
814:10.3%
797:1,797
786:Perc.
482:Census
441:, the
145:Marion
140:County
1470:Texas
1440:Bexar
1380:Towns
833:Asian
792:White
783:Num.
780:Race
692:−7.6%
687:2,195
677:−0.5%
672:2,376
662:−3.0%
657:2,389
642:2,464
627:2,418
617:51.8%
612:2,220
602:28.6%
597:1,462
587:−3.2%
582:1,137
567:1,175
557:84.4%
552:1,099
542:67.4%
527:43.0%
249:35563
238:(CDT)
236:UTC-5
215:UTC-6
196:2,195
128:State
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1175:2015
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1077:2011
1045:ISBN
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683:2020
668:2010
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647:1.9%
638:1990
632:8.9%
623:1980
608:1970
593:1960
578:1950
572:6.9%
563:1940
548:1930
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