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1849:Ghost towns
1830:reservation
1785:communities
1331:Battle Lake
1306:County seat
858:Froggy 99.9
766:other races
739:2000 census
713:other races
679:2010 census
672:2020 Census
657:2021 (est.)
360:Perham was
350:2020 census
91: /
1909:Categories
1838:Mille Lacs
1693:Otter Tail
1678:Oak Valley
1553:Eagle Lake
1538:Deer Creek
1513:Clitherall
1351:Deer Creek
1341:Clitherall
1065:References
1037:Ray Taylor
851:Lakes 99.5
784:ancestry.
780:and 14.8%
743:As of the
683:As of the
286:feature ID
186:Population
136:Government
130:Otter Tail
79:95°34′38″W
76:46°36′00″N
1871:Footnotes
1818:Wall Lake
1758:Trondhjem
1743:Star Lake
1728:Rush Lake
1723:Pine Lake
1658:Maplewood
1638:Leaf Lake
1628:Homestead
1573:Elizabeth
1568:Effington
1533:Dead Lake
1460:Townships
1417:Underwood
1406:Richville
1386:Ottertail
1361:Elizabeth
933:Newspaper
909:News/Talk
889:Life 97.9
782:Norwegian
376:Geography
346:Minnesota
274:FIPS code
262:Area code
216:Time zone
178:Elevation
144:Tim Meehl
118:Minnesota
1862:Topelius
1813:Richdale
1808:Parkdale
1798:Dunvilla
1793:Carlisle
1773:Woodside
1748:Sverdrup
1738:St. Olaf
1733:Scambler
1508:Carlisle
1488:Bluffton
1336:Bluffton
1154:June 19,
1085:July 24,
1053:See also
966:Portland
895:AM radio
817:FM radio
770:Hispanic
760:, 0.27%
756:, 1.02%
752:, 0.35%
717:Hispanic
278:27-50470
250:ZIP code
1857:Parkton
1768:Western
1713:Pelican
1703:Paddock
1668:Nidaros
1618:Henning
1603:Friberg
1558:Eastern
1523:Corliss
1518:Compton
1483:Blowers
1411:Rothsay
1376:Henning
1015:pioneer
970:Chicago
962:Seattle
918:Country
863:KXPM-LP
856:KVOX-FM
707:, 0.1%
703:, 0.5%
699:, 0.5%
695:, 1.1%
362:platted
356:History
294:Website
289:2396181
104:Country
1828:Indian
1763:Tumuli
1718:Perham
1683:Orwell
1663:Newton
1623:Hobart
1613:Gorman
1608:Girard
1598:Folden
1588:Everts
1503:Candor
1498:Butler
1478:Aurdal
1468:Aastad
1437:Wadena
1432:Vining
1427:Vergas
1422:Urbank
1401:Perham
1366:Erhard
1346:Dalton
1323:Cities
1129:May 4,
952:Amtrak
875:107.9
868:102.3
861:100.3
778:German
774:Latino
745:census
721:Latino
685:census
457:182.9%
412:Census
308:Perham
125:County
28:Perham
1688:Oscar
1653:Maine
1633:Inman
922:1570
913:1070
882:97.9
854:99.9
847:99.5
840:97.5
830:94.5
823:92.5
762:Asian
750:White
705:Asian
693:White
660:3,572
652:17.7%
647:3,512
637:16.6%
632:2,985
622:23.3%
617:2,559
607:−0.5%
602:2,075
587:2,086
577:−4.3%
572:1,933
557:2,019
547:25.6%
542:1,926
527:1,534
512:1,411
502:−0.4%
497:1,370
487:16.4%
482:1,376
472:55.3%
467:1,182
255:56573
244:(CDT)
242:UTC-5
221:UTC-6
202:3,572
194:3,512
113:State
1803:Luce
1698:Otto
1648:Lida
1578:Elmo
1563:Edna
1548:Dunn
1543:Dora
1493:Buse
1473:Amor
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1231:2013
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884:KFNW
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538:1950
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421:Note
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284:GNIS
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