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1051:County seat
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1603:Categories
1476:Unionville
1383:Washington
1273:Clearfield
1215:Zelienople
1160:Karns City
1140:Evans City
1135:Eau Claire
759:References
693:As of the
382:79°43′33″W
379:40°59′42″N
330:Karns City
250:Population
208:Government
115:79°43′33″W
112:40°59′42″N
93:Karns City
1565:Footnotes
1551:Wahlville
1536:Hilliards
1501:Branchton
1456:Oak Hills
1436:Meadowood
1343:Middlesex
1328:Lancaster
1323:Jefferson
1293:Cranberry
1238:Allegheny
1225:Townships
1185:Saxonburg
906:April 23,
833:March 25,
742:Education
368:Geography
272:Time zone
1441:Meridian
1416:Fenelton
1388:Winfield
1313:Franklin
1303:Fairview
1200:Valencia
1180:Prospect
1170:Petrolia
1145:Fairview
1097:Boroughs
687:Sources:
415:Petrolia
355:derricks
323:42-38768
306:Zip code
1556:Watters
1526:Fox Run
1521:Fernway
1511:Eidenau
1461:Renfrew
1378:Venango
1353:Oakland
1318:Jackson
1308:Forward
1298:Donegal
1283:Concord
1278:Clinton
1248:Buffalo
1150:Harmony
1120:Chicora
1110:Callery
419:Chicora
344:History
334:borough
192:Settled
141:Country
40:Borough
1546:Sarver
1531:Herman
1516:Euclid
1411:Boyers
1373:Summit
1358:Parker
1338:Mercer
1333:Marion
1263:Cherry
1258:Center
1253:Butler
1076:Butler
1058:Butler
682:−16.3%
667:−14.3%
637:−36.2%
592:−20.5%
502:−37.9%
487:−39.1%
442:Census
186:Butler
181:County
171:
151:
1506:Cabot
1496:Bonus
1451:Nixon
1393:Worth
1243:Brady
1233:Adams
1105:Bruin
622:−6.6%
607:−6.2%
577:12.1%
547:47.9%
332:is a
311:16041
300:(EDT)
298:UTC-4
277:UTC-5
161:State
1403:CDPs
1363:Penn
1268:Clay
1165:Mars
1068:City
988:2013
958:2008
930:2013
908:2011
835:2014
806:2022
781:2022
727:The
703:The
673:2020
658:2010
652:8.0%
643:2000
628:1990
613:1980
598:1970
583:1960
568:1950
562:4.9%
553:1940
538:1930
532:3.2%
523:1920
517:6.8%
508:1910
493:1900
478:1890
463:1880
451:Note
446:Pop.
320:code
318:FIPS
221:Area
203:1875
195:1874
677:175
662:209
647:244
632:226
617:354
602:379
587:404
572:508
557:453
542:432
527:292
512:283
497:265
482:427
467:701
407:.
291:DST
258:175
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1054::
1039:,
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949:.
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898:.
874:^
858:^
814:^
789:^
456:%±
421:.
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1019:t
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990:.
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808:.
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