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262:feature ID
170:Population
74:84°28′37″W
71:36°41′45″N
1668:Pine Knot
1334:Education
312:Pine Knot
298:Geography
282:(CDP) in
250:FIPS code
238:Area code
192:Time zone
162:Elevation
1785:Yamacraw
1735:Honeybee
1730:Hill Top
1710:Barthell
1362:See also
1297:Hispanic
1287:, 0.95%
1056:(23.41)
986:(1,423)
917:Average
842:(−16.0)
837:(−10.3)
787:(−11.6)
782:(−13.6)
326:Somerset
288:Kentucky
254:21-73362
226:ZIP code
127:McCreary
115:Kentucky
1720:Comargo
1673:Stearns
1540:June 4,
1449:May 10,
1410:May 10,
1346:Climate
1046:(0.25)
1011:(0.76)
832:(−5.8)
827:(−1.8)
817:(12.2)
812:(12.4)
797:(−1.9)
792:(−7.6)
767:(−2.6)
752:(12.4)
747:(16.4)
742:(17.4)
737:(15.2)
732:(10.3)
717:(−3.6)
712:(−4.5)
702:(12.7)
687:(13.0)
682:(19.4)
677:(22.8)
672:(23.6)
667:(21.4)
662:(17.6)
657:(12.6)
632:(19.4)
622:(14.2)
617:(20.7)
612:(26.4)
607:(29.2)
602:(29.7)
597:(27.7)
592:(24.7)
587:(20.5)
582:(14.9)
562:(34.1)
557:(17.5)
552:(22.2)
547:(27.6)
542:(31.1)
537:(32.7)
532:(33.6)
527:(31.8)
522:(30.1)
517:(27.2)
512:(23.3)
507:(19.5)
502:(17.8)
359:Climate
272:Stearns
265:2402896
100:Country
1780:Worley
1775:Wiborg
1765:Strunk
1760:Sawyer
1755:Revelo
1301:Latino
1281:census
1253:−10.7%
1178:Census
1103:116.1
1051:(5.1)
1041:(0.0)
1036:(0.0)
1031:(0.0)
1026:(0.0)
1021:(0.0)
1016:(0.0)
1006:(1.8)
1001:(6.9)
996:(8.6)
981:(146)
956:(155)
951:(133)
946:(140)
941:(119)
936:(131)
931:(113)
926:(121)
912:(−31)
907:(−28)
902:(−13)
862:(−19)
857:(−27)
852:(−31)
822:(6.0)
807:(9.1)
802:(3.1)
772:(6.0)
762:(0.1)
757:(5.3)
727:(4.8)
722:(0.3)
697:(3.1)
692:(7.1)
652:(7.6)
647:(2.8)
642:(1.4)
627:(8.8)
577:(9.2)
572:(7.2)
383:Month
316:Revelo
306:, the
274:is an
122:County
1700:Other
1285:White
1268:−3.6%
1263:1,365
1248:1,416
1233:1,586
1223:−0.4%
1218:1,550
1203:1,557
1100:10.6
1085:11.1
1079:11.0
1076:10.3
1073:10.5
1070:11.0
1067:11.0
984:56.08
976:(96)
971:(83)
966:(93)
961:(93)
897:(−8)
892:(−2)
872:(−3)
867:(−9)
492:(42)
487:(25)
482:(28)
477:(35)
472:(37)
467:(38)
462:(42)
457:(38)
452:(36)
447:(34)
442:(29)
437:(26)
432:(24)
422:Year
231:42647
220:(EDT)
218:UTC-4
197:UTC-5
178:1,365
110:State
1660:CDPs
1567:2008
1542:2016
1520:2023
1498:2023
1476:2023
1451:2023
1412:2023
1318:The
1259:2020
1244:2010
1238:2.3%
1229:2000
1214:1990
1199:1980
1187:Note
1182:Pop.
1150:4.5
1147:0.7
1144:0.1
1141:0.0
1138:0.0
1135:0.0
1132:0.0
1129:0.0
1126:0.0
1123:0.2
1120:0.4
1117:1.4
1114:1.7
1097:8.0
1094:7.6
1091:7.8
1088:7.8
1082:9.4
979:5.75
974:3.76
969:3.27
964:3.65
959:3.67
954:6.12
949:5.25
944:5.51
939:4.69
934:5.17
929:4.46
924:4.78
887:(4)
882:(4)
877:(2)
835:13.5
830:21.6
825:28.8
820:42.8
815:53.9
810:54.4
805:48.4
800:37.5
795:28.5
790:18.4
785:11.2
770:42.7
765:27.4
760:32.1
755:41.5
750:54.4
745:61.6
740:63.3
735:59.3
730:50.6
725:40.6
720:32.6
715:25.6
710:23.9
700:54.9
695:37.6
690:44.8
685:55.4
680:67.0
675:73.1
670:74.4
665:70.5
660:63.6
655:54.7
650:45.7
645:37.1
640:34.5
630:67.0
625:47.8
620:57.5
615:69.3
610:79.5
605:84.6
600:85.4
595:81.8
590:76.5
585:68.9
580:58.8
575:48.5
570:45.0
560:93.3
555:63.5
550:72.0
545:81.6
540:88.0
535:90.8
530:92.5
525:89.3
520:86.2
515:81.0
510:74.0
505:67.1
500:64.0
419:Dec
416:Nov
413:Oct
410:Sep
407:Aug
404:Jul
401:Jun
398:May
395:Apr
392:Mar
389:Feb
386:Jan
278:and
260:GNIS
133:Area
1299:or
1054:9.2
1049:2.0
1044:0.1
1039:0.0
1034:0.0
1029:0.0
1024:0.0
1019:0.0
1014:0.0
1009:0.3
1004:0.7
999:2.7
994:3.4
910:−24
905:−18
855:−17
850:−24
840:3.2
780:7.5
490:108
465:101
460:108
455:101
243:606
211:DST
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1745:Oz
1646::
1631:,
1583:.
1558:.
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1434:^
1420:^
1395:^
1192:%±
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890:29
885:40
880:40
875:36
870:27
865:15
860:−3
485:77
480:82
475:95
470:98
450:96
445:93
440:85
435:79
430:76
344:.
332:.
286:,
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