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1518:York Center
1493:Token Creek
1448:Pierceville
1382:Klevenville
1332:Five Points
1269:communities
1232:Sun Prairie
1227:Springfield
1117:Blue Mounds
1107:Black Earth
1054:Mount Horeb
1034:Maple Bluff
992:Blue Mounds
987:Black Earth
947:Sun Prairie
891:County seat
759:February 3,
678:January 31,
650:January 31,
549:other races
469:, educator
397:2020 Census
389:Dane County
182: /
82:Dane County
1644:Categories
1617:89°04′11″W
1614:42°52′46″N
1453:Pine Bluff
1342:Hanerville
1312:Door Creek
1307:Deansville
1302:Daleyville
1222:Springdale
1132:Christiana
981:Belleville
623:References
523:As of the
483:Alva Adams
364:feature ID
284:Population
167:42°52′55″N
1574:Footnotes
1403:Marxville
1182:Middleton
1172:Mazomanie
1152:Deerfield
1049:McFarland
1044:Mazomanie
1024:Deerfield
1003:Cambridge
942:Stoughton
932:Middleton
922:Fitchburg
507:Geography
487:Minnesota
481:governor
393:Wisconsin
352:FIPS code
340:Area code
306:Time zone
276:Elevation
229:Wisconsin
170:89°3′31″W
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1544:Oak Hall
1458:Primrose
1418:Montrose
1352:Hillside
1347:Highwood
1252:Westport
1207:Primrose
1187:Montrose
1074:Waunakee
1064:Rockdale
1039:Marshall
1029:DeForest
997:Brooklyn
973:Villages
916:Edgerton
553:Hispanic
543:, 0.49%
539:, 0.27%
535:, 0.16%
479:Colorado
409:Hillside
405:Highwood
356:55-00875
1503:Vermont
1473:Rutland
1468:Roxbury
1372:Kegonsa
1337:Forward
1317:Dunkirk
1237:Vermont
1217:Rutland
1212:Roxbury
1167:Madison
1157:Dunkirk
1122:Bristol
1079:Windsor
927:Madison
898:Madison
419:History
372:Website
367:1582668
196:Country
1554:Indian
1387:London
1327:Elvers
1287:Ashton
1277:Albion
1247:Vienna
1242:Verona
1192:Oregon
1177:Medina
1097:Albion
1059:Oregon
952:Verona
937:Monona
908:Cities
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557:Latino
525:census
500:Rascal
485:, and
433:Albion
411:, and
401:Albion
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144:Albion
114:Albion
1508:Vilas
1498:Utica
1488:Stone
1463:Riley
1443:Paoli
1297:Burke
1292:Basco
1197:Perry
1127:Burke
1102:Berry
1089:Towns
545:Asian
533:White
334:(CDT)
332:UTC-5
311:UTC-6
292:2,069
216:State
1428:Nora
1362:Hope
1257:York
1162:Dunn
1147:Dane
1019:Dane
761:2008
718:ISBN
680:2008
652:2008
423:The
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362:GNIS
247:Area
241:Dane
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555:or
345:608
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