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paying $ 1 for it, and converted it into a community center; the city government considered converting the school facility into an apartment block, but it determined it would have required too much money. The city government determined that it could not find a purpose for the 1913 section; therefore its razing occurred in 2012. The current Greene County district, as of 2014, rented the school gymnasium for athletic meetups.
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Scranton's water tower, built in 1897, is the oldest working water tower in Iowa and ninth oldest in the United States. A fire occurred at the tower in 1907, initially started to melt ice that had caused the town to be without water. Three men were injured attempting to put the fire out, although the
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living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.9% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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Scranton formerly had a public school building of its own, which had a three-story section built in 1915. The school closed in 2008; the school district had notified the city government in 2006 so the city could plan for the future of the school. In 2010 the city government acquired the building,
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living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.05.
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A History of the Origin of the Place Names
Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways
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18:City in Iowa, United States
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1179:Carroll Daily Times Herald
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55:Location of Scranton, Iowa
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80:42.01917°N 94.54917°W
1472:United States portal
1174:"When schools close"
289:www.scrantoniowa.com
198: • Density
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1465:Iowa portal
1423:communities
1250:County seat
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929:January 18,
665:other races
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620:other races
598:2010 census
305:2020 census
83: /
1488:Categories
1406:Washington
1366:Greenbrier
857:August 12,
851:census.gov
794:References
777:Bryce Paup
650:As of the
602:As of the
277:feature ID
185:Population
71:94°32′57″W
68:42°01′09″N
1450:Footnotes
1333:Townships
1290:Jefferson
1257:Jefferson
1126:March 22,
955:April 23,
814:March 16,
745:Community
728:Jefferson
718:Education
577:March 28,
335:Geography
265:FIPS code
253:Area code
207:Time zone
177:Elevation
1401:Scranton
1391:Kendrick
1386:Junction
1376:Highland
1356:Franklin
1311:Scranton
1190:July 17,
1158:June 25,
763:and the
669:Hispanic
659:, 0.17%
624:Hispanic
588:Source:
297:Scranton
269:19-71310
241:ZIP code
1381:Jackson
1341:Bristol
1300:Ralston
1275:Churdan
1032:May 11,
1007:June 4,
985:May 11,
614:, 0.2%
565:Source:
321:platted
315:History
285:Website
280:2396562
97:Country
1441:Farlin
1436:Cooper
1411:Willow
1371:Hardin
1351:Dawson
1306:Rippey
1267:Cities
885:
783:player
759:, the
673:Latino
652:census
628:Latino
604:census
521:−22.1%
495:−13.2%
469:−12.1%
443:+25.5%
417:−14.0%
404:+37.5%
142:Greene
137:County
127:
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1431:Adaza
1396:Paton
1361:Grant
1346:Cedar
1295:Paton
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1109:(PDF)
661:Asian
657:White
612:White
560:−8.3%
547:−7.8%
534:+3.6%
508:−0.4%
482:−2.9%
456:−4.2%
453:1,014
440:1,058
430:−0.2%
246:51462
235:(CDT)
233:UTC-5
212:UTC-6
117:State
1280:Dana
1192:2018
1160:2018
1128:2020
1089:Home
1059:2008
1034:2012
1009:2015
987:2012
957:2011
931:2009
883:ISBN
859:2021
816:2022
583:and
579:2020
553:2020
540:2010
527:2000
514:1990
501:1980
488:1970
475:1960
462:1950
449:1940
436:1930
423:1920
410:1910
397:1900
384:1890
372:Pop.
368:Year
275:GNIS
148:Area
130:Iowa
33:City
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781:NFL
671:or
626:or
557:511
544:557
531:604
518:583
505:748
492:751
479:865
466:891
427:843
414:845
401:983
388:715
258:712
226:DST
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