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274:Area code(s)
151:May 18, 1922
148:Incorporated
52:Motto:
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1566:Cedar Grove
1558:Ghost towns
1465:communities
1254:County seat
894:January 31,
640:Percentage
402:county seat
317:.cityofkemp
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1633:Categories
1328:Seagoville
1285:Cottonwood
835:References
811:District.
766:Government
758:As of the
302:feature ID
206:Population
156:Government
89:96°13′33″W
86:32°27′14″N
1595:Footnotes
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1386:Oak Ridge
1381:Oak Grove
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996:April 23,
855:August 7,
799:Education
388:Geography
374:Kemp News
366:Methodist
353:Civil War
290:FIPS code
228:Time zone
198:Elevation
1581:Peeltown
1508:Lawrence
1498:Gastonia
1493:Colquitt
1412:Villages
1322:Mesquite
1290:Crandall
1194:Kemp, TX
960:cite web
807:and the
294:48-38788
262:ZIP code
1513:Markout
1345:Terrell
1312:Kaufman
1279:Combine
1261:Kaufman
1084:May 18,
1048:June 4,
922:May 22,
738:14.53%
654:72.63%
637:Number
398:Kaufman
370:Baptist
342:History
310:Website
305:2412823
142:Kaufman
115:Country
1586:Stubbs
1548:Warsaw
1538:Tolosa
1425:Rosser
1402:Scurry
1391:Poetry
1375:Mabank
1301:Forney
1295:Dallas
1271:Cities
1201:Online
1026:May 1,
711:1.59%
700:0.09%
686:0.89%
668:4.87%
508:−11.9%
433:Census
406:Athens
400:, the
137:County
1518:McCoy
1503:Hiram
1478:Abner
1463:Other
1367:Towns
1340:Talty
1306:Heath
815:Notes
749:1,129
744:Total
725:5.4%
719:(NH)
694:(NH)
692:Asian
680:(NH)
662:(NH)
648:(NH)
646:White
634:Race
613:−2.2%
608:1,129
593:1,154
583:−4.3%
578:1,133
568:14.4%
563:1,184
548:1,035
538:22.4%
523:−7.4%
488:1,000
336:Texas
267:75143
256:(CDT)
254:UTC-5
233:UTC-6
214:1,129
130:Texas
125:State
72:Texas
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1533:Styx
1483:Cobb
1443:Elmo
1435:CDPs
1317:Kemp
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1028:2019
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972:help
952:2016
924:2022
896:2008
857:2020
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651:820
604:2020
598:1.9%
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574:2000
559:1990
553:3.6%
544:1980
529:1970
514:1960
499:1950
493:1.0%
484:1940
469:1930
454:1890
442:Note
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