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1236:Charter
1206:Augusta
1176:Portage
1016:June 4,
832:May 21,
716:, 1.3%
712:, 0.2%
708:, 8.5%
676:Schools
445:History
398:Website
393:0634353
252:Manager
197:Settled
165:Country
1367:Scotts
1301:Climax
1251:Cooper
1211:Climax
1153:Cities
1032:"Home"
783:Latino
754:census
730:Latino
698:census
601:−10.4%
511:Census
422:. The
186:County
1387:Other
1291:Brady
1286:Alamo
1266:Texas
771:Asian
759:White
718:Asian
706:White
656:1,926
646:−6.8%
641:1,804
631:−1.1%
626:1,936
611:1,958
596:1,817
586:29.5%
581:2,027
571:32.7%
566:1,565
556:26.2%
551:1,179
359:49004
348:(EDT)
346:UTC-4
325:UTC-5
306:1,926
230:Mayor
174:State
1341:CDPs
1321:Ross
1018:2015
834:2022
661:6.8%
652:2020
637:2010
622:2000
616:7.8%
607:1990
592:1980
577:1970
562:1960
547:1950
532:1940
520:Note
515:Pop.
464:PFAS
388:GNIS
261:Area
208:1939
200:1909
31:City
781:or
728:or
536:934
468:EPA
371:269
339:DST
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