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1375:Nortonville
1340:County seat
1204:January 31,
825:other races
798:2000 census
772:other races
742:2010 census
405: /
353:2020 census
116: /
1610:Categories
1558:Rock Creek
1495:Rock Creek
1470:Half Mound
1460:Buck Creek
1430:Grantville
1400:Winchester
960:References
922:Fred Marsh
862:Government
802:As of the
746:As of the
393:95°27′38″W
390:39°20′35″N
228:Population
104:95°27′38″W
101:39°20′35″N
1548:Oskaloosa
1528:Jefferson
1510:Townships
1380:Oskaloosa
1347:Oskaloosa
1251:August 9,
1113:April 23,
871:Education
379:Geography
312:20-73300
308:FIPS code
296:Area code
250:Time zone
220:Elevation
157:Jefferson
1568:Sarcoxie
1538:Kentucky
1523:Fairview
1518:Delaware
1465:Dunavant
1039:Archived
1016:July 24,
948:See also
829:Hispanic
819:, 0.40%
815:, 1.12%
811:, 0.72%
776:Hispanic
284:ZIP code
1553:Ozawkie
1385:Ozawkie
1370:Meriden
1365:McLouth
1280:USD 338
1179:July 6,
1143:July 6,
766:, 0.1%
762:, 1.0%
758:, 2.1%
422:Climate
373:platted
359:History
327:Website
322:478332
318:GNIS ID
172:Platted
163:Founded
130:Country
80:map of
1543:Norton
1490:Newman
1480:Medina
1357:Cities
1288:, KDOT
833:Latino
804:census
780:Latino
748:census
493:198.5%
448:Census
349:Kansas
152:County
145:Kansas
86:legend
64:Kansas
1573:Union
1563:Rural
1455:Boyle
1390:Perry
821:Asian
809:White
768:Asian
756:White
718:−8.4%
713:1,092
703:−4.9%
698:1,192
683:1,254
668:1,253
653:1,189
643:−2.0%
638:1,169
623:1,193
613:−8.2%
608:1,139
593:1,241
578:1,238
563:1,218
548:1,129
538:−8.6%
533:1,078
523:16.1%
518:1,180
508:68.5%
503:1,016
289:66088
278:(CDT)
276:UTC-5
255:UTC-6
236:1,092
140:State
1422:CDPs
1253:2014
1231:2023
1206:2008
1181:2012
1145:2012
1115:2011
1047:2022
1018:2020
709:2020
694:2010
688:0.1%
679:2000
673:5.4%
664:1990
658:1.7%
649:1980
634:1970
628:4.7%
619:1960
604:1950
598:0.2%
589:1940
583:1.6%
574:1930
568:7.9%
559:1920
553:4.7%
544:1910
529:1900
514:1890
499:1880
484:1870
469:1860
457:Note
452:Pop.
191:Area
186:1869
176:1855
166:1854
78:KDOT
62:and
33:City
1533:Kaw
1089:840
1068:209
831:or
778:or
488:603
473:202
301:785
269:DST
259:CST
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