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Festival, US Open Beer Championships and best in show at the Charlotte Independent Brewers
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1037:January 31,
1009:October 15,
970:October 15,
826:other races
795:2000 census
757:Other/Mixed
668:2020 census
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1580:Categories
1424:Lake Wylie
1419:India Hook
1380:McConnells
1053:"Tega Cay"
950:References
918:Jim Bakker
913:Jim Bakker
799:As of the
787:As of the
477:Government
446:pickleball
399:Lake Wylie
352:feature ID
260:Population
186:Chris Gray
170:Government
1542:Footnotes
1504:Red River
1439:Riverview
1370:Fort Mill
1325:Rock Hill
1088:April 23,
896:Ed Currie
864:Fort Mill
525:Tim Scott
469:Alliance.
419:81°1′29″W
416:35°2′14″N
388:Rock Hill
384:Fort Mill
340:FIPS code
316:ZIP codes
282:Time zone
252:Elevation
93:81°1′29″W
90:35°2′14″N
1494:Hopewell
1330:Tega Cay
1144:WRHI.com
928:See also
830:Hispanic
820:, 0.10%
816:, 0.12%
812:, 0.82%
808:, 2.13%
770:Hispanic
495:at-large
372:Tega Cay
344:45-71417
333:803, 839
1484:Filbert
1459:Bethany
1434:Newport
1429:Lesslie
1414:Catawba
1216:June 5,
1164:June 4,
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698:77.99%
695:10,008
360:Website
355:1231854
119:Country
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1464:Bethel
1390:Smyrna
1385:Sharon
1365:Clover
1317:Cities
834:Latino
801:census
781:5.67%
774:Latino
764:4.71%
751:0.02%
725:0.12%
712:4.09%
684:Perc.
651:12,832
581:Census
514:Senate
268:12,832
159:County
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1509:Smith
1499:Ogden
1449:Other
1357:Towns
884:29708
870:Media
814:Asian
806:White
738:7.4%
731:Asian
690:White
681:Num.
678:Race
656:68.4%
641:88.4%
636:7,620
626:34.1%
621:4,044
606:3,016
534:House
374:is a
321:29708
310:(EDT)
308:UTC-4
287:UTC-5
139:State
1401:CDPs
1335:York
1307:York
1218:2007
1191:2021
1166:2015
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1090:2011
1064:2020
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647:2020
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590:Note
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350:GNIS
223:Area
178:City
164:York
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