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Built in 1924, the fourth and last schoolhouse stood for many years. When it was built, students from schools all over Green
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1196:County seat
1058:January 20,
1005:January 20,
875:January 31,
720:other races
697:2000 census
671:other races
641:2010 census
373:Loudonville
316:2020 census
300:Perrysville
98: /
1505:Categories
1458:Widowville
1375:Vermillion
1345:Montgomery
1256:Hayesville
1083:January 6,
980:January 6,
813:References
808:, explorer
701:As of the
645:As of the
274:feature ID
182:Population
86:82°18′52″W
83:40°39′30″N
1467:Footnotes
1297:Townships
757:Education
339:Geography
262:FIPS code
250:Area code
204:Time zone
174:Elevation
1448:Rowsburg
1403:Sullivan
1365:Sullivan
1287:Savannah
1243:Villages
1101:Archived
724:Hispanic
714:, 0.12%
710:, 0.49%
675:Hispanic
634:Sources:
266:39-62190
238:ZIP code
1453:Ruggles
1360:Ruggles
1340:Mohican
1330:Mifflin
1320:Jackson
1315:Hanover
1272:Mifflin
1221:Ashland
1203:Ashland
665:, 0.4%
661:, 0.1%
657:, 0.3%
322:History
304:village
282:Website
277:2399657
139:Ashland
112:Country
33:Village
1443:Redhaw
1423:Albion
1398:Nankin
1350:Orange
1335:Milton
1039:
1026:, 1891
952:
728:Latino
703:census
679:Latino
647:census
584:−17.3%
389:Census
134:County
1355:Perry
1310:Green
708:White
667:Asian
655:White
629:−0.8%
614:−9.9%
599:18.1%
569:11.2%
554:−2.2%
539:14.1%
524:−7.4%
509:18.4%
449:−1.7%
302:is a
243:44864
232:(EDT)
230:UTC-4
209:UTC-5
122:State
1433:Nova
1370:Troy
1325:Lake
1282:Polk
1213:City
1085:2013
1060:2014
1037:ISBN
1007:2014
982:2013
950:ISBN
932:2015
877:2008
835:2022
620:2020
605:2010
590:2000
575:1990
560:1980
545:1970
530:1960
515:1950
500:1940
494:7.0%
485:1930
479:6.3%
470:1920
464:5.5%
455:1910
440:1900
434:9.7%
425:1890
410:1880
398:Note
393:Pop.
312:Ohio
291:.com
272:GNIS
145:Area
127:Ohio
1385:CDP
910:177
726:or
677:or
624:729
609:735
594:816
579:691
564:836
549:752
534:769
519:674
504:728
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306:in
287:www
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223:DST
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