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309:horseheads
296:feature ID
204:Population
161:Horseheads
96:76°49′39″W
71:Horseheads
1510:Van Etten
1505:Southport
1485:Breesport
1480:Big Flats
1462:Wellsburg
1424:Van Etten
1419:Southport
1389:Big Flats
1044:April 29,
1039:229355901
470:Geography
444:Teal Park
399:Loyalists
284:FIPS code
272:Area code
260:ZIP codes
226:Time zone
196:Elevation
93:42°9′59″N
1457:Millport
1439:Villages
1174:Archived
938:Archived
858:Hispanic
848:, 0.02%
844:, 1.92%
840:, 0.12%
832:, 1.30%
403:Iroquois
332:New York
288:36-35694
137:New York
1525:Hamlets
1429:Veteran
1399:Chemung
1384:Baldwin
1379:Ashland
1202:June 4,
1113:Reuters
828:95.57%
395:Genesee
357:History
324:village
304:Website
299:0953232
149:Chemung
122:Country
33:Village
1533:Lowman
1404:Elmira
1394:Catlin
1350:Elmira
1332:Elmira
1169:Trains
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862:Latino
825:census
557:Census
480:Elmira
446:, and
347:Elmira
144:County
1371:Towns
1035:S2CID
963:(PDF)
846:Asian
834:Black
830:White
807:6,606
792:6,461
782:−5.1%
777:6,452
767:−7.4%
762:6,802
752:−8.0%
747:7,348
737:10.9%
732:7,989
722:99.9%
717:7,207
707:40.3%
702:3,606
687:2,570
677:16.9%
672:2,430
662:16.9%
657:2,078
647:−6.5%
642:1,778
632:10.8%
627:1,901
612:1,716
602:19.4%
597:1,684
582:1,410
322:is a
254:(EDT)
252:UTC-4
231:UTC-5
212:6,606
132:State
1490:Erin
1472:CDPs
1409:Erin
1342:City
1229:2008
1204:2015
1182:2024
1147:2024
1121:2024
1071:2018
1046:2022
1000:2017
971:2013
946:2021
913:2022
812:2.2%
803:2020
797:0.1%
788:2010
773:2000
758:1990
743:1980
728:1970
713:1960
698:1950
692:5.8%
683:1940
668:1930
653:1920
638:1910
623:1900
617:1.9%
608:1890
593:1880
578:1870
566:Note
561:Pop.
523:and
430:The
311:.org
294:GNIS
167:Area
156:Town
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277:607
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