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1170:February 9,
1145:February 9,
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1598:Categories
1085:"About Us"
831:References
825:combustion
765:As of the
194:Population
96:88°51′10″W
93:38°46′22″N
1560:Footnotes
1545:Greendale
1520:Stevenson
1455:Centralia
1437:Townships
1329:Centralia
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443:Landmarks
377:Effingham
351:Geography
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266:Area code
216:Time zone
186:Elevation
1515:Sandoval
1475:Kinmundy
1450:Carrigan
1417:Sandoval
1368:Villages
1335:Kinmundy
1069:April 4,
788:Hispanic
778:, 0.11%
774:, 0.34%
341:Scotland
330:Illinois
322:Kinmundy
282:17-40117
254:ZIP code
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147:Township
132:Illinois
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1500:Raccoon
1480:Meacham
1192:June 4,
406:History
306:Website
293:2395542
121:Country
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1495:Patoka
1465:Haines
1460:Foster
1422:Vernon
1412:Patoka
1386:Farina
1321:Cities
821:Ameren
792:Latino
767:census
739:−10.8%
664:−10.9%
649:−10.1%
589:−18.3%
514:Census
369:Farina
363:, the
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137:County
1551:Tonti
1525:Tonti
1510:Salem
1490:Omega
1345:Wamac
1340:Salem
1311:Salem
772:White
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709:−7.0%
694:24.5%
679:−6.6%
634:24.8%
629:1,015
619:−9.5%
604:−9.9%
574:16.8%
569:1,221
559:−4.7%
554:1,045
539:1,096
361:Salem
259:62854
242:UTC-5
221:UTC-6
129:State
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1470:Iuka
1445:Alma
1407:Odin
1402:Kell
1392:Iuka
1376:Alma
1219:2008
1194:2015
1172:2019
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1071:2022
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