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1192:Attractions
1087:January 31,
1059:October 15,
1020:October 15,
990:City Clerk
966:Vice Mayor
892:other races
865:2000 census
827:Other/Mixed
767:Percentage
751:2020 census
528:Clarksville
516:Springfield
193: /
1609:Categories
1562:Youngville
1542:Port Royal
1487:Greenbrier
1482:Coopertown
1414:Cedar Hill
1000:References
985:Anna Luke
937:Government
869:As of the
857:As of the
496:Bell Witch
479:area with
457:Bell Witch
298:Population
248:Government
181:87°03′56″W
178:36°34′56″N
1571:Footnotes
969:Jay Hall
950:Position
532:Red River
506:Geography
500:John Bell
439:Red River
378:FIPS code
366:Area code
320:Time zone
290:Elevation
234:Robertson
222:Tennessee
1537:Milldale
1441:Ridgetop
1435:Portland
1214:March 4,
896:Hispanic
886:, 0.35%
882:, 0.18%
878:, 8.48%
840:Hispanic
744:Sources:
459:haunting
423:Kentucky
382:47-00200
354:ZIP code
1507:Ashburn
1430:Orlinda
781:88.14%
764:Number
481:Florida
477:Chicago
465:L&N
429:History
397:Website
392:1304763
207:Country
1401:Cities
958:Mayor
900:Latino
871:census
851:2.56%
844:Latino
834:4.65%
821:0.32%
795:3.53%
649:−23.8%
559:Census
229:County
1522:Crunk
1474:Towns
1409:Adams
953:Name
888:Asian
876:White
814:Asian
808:0.8%
773:White
761:Race
739:−1.4%
724:11.8%
709:−3.6%
694:−2.2%
679:31.0%
634:24.0%
604:−1.3%
453:US 41
415:Adams
359:37010
348:(CDT)
346:UTC-5
325:UTC-6
217:State
1292:2022
1271:2021
1246:2013
1216:2012
1089:2008
1061:2022
1022:2022
778:550
730:2020
715:2010
700:2000
685:1990
670:1980
655:1970
640:1930
625:1920
610:1910
595:1890
580:1880
568:Note
563:Pop.
487:and
406:.org
261:Area
243:1963
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449:THC
402:www
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