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Norwegian immigrant settlers north across the border into Minnesota and into western Iowa from the mid-1850s into the late 1870s. Clausen formed 21 additional congregations. According to a booklet published by the
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1423:Iowa portal
1376:Toeterville
1167:County seat
1059:"St Ansgar"
1043:January 31,
826:Ryan Hannam
756:2000 census
712:2010 census
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1446:Categories
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1313:St. Ansgar
1228:Stacyville
1223:St. Ansgar
915:August 12,
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845:References
760:As of the
716:As of the
414:92°55′10″W
411:43°22′44″N
324:St. Ansgar
301:St. Ansgar
275:feature ID
183:Population
133:Government
74:92°55′10″W
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1408:Footnotes
1366:New Haven
1250:Townships
1217:Riceville
1192:Carpenter
1096:March 15,
941:April 23,
864:March 16,
808:Education
691:March 29,
400:Geography
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351:Wisconsin
290:.stansgar
263:FIPS code
251:Area code
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1202:Mitchell
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1071:April 7,
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1091:nfl.com
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319:History
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100:Country
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1263:Cedar
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110:State
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