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914:Lightsville
846:communities
716:Wayne Lakes
671:New Madison
661:Hollansburg
569:County seat
457:January 31,
410:January 31,
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1036:Categories
989:Yankeetown
984:Woodington
979:Willowdell
899:Hill Grove
894:Frenchtown
859:Beamsville
824:Washington
764:Greenville
711:Versailles
706:Union City
681:North Star
676:New Weston
651:Gettysburg
594:Greenville
576:Greenville
383:References
374:Government
348:counties.
245:feature ID
177:Population
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959:Stelvideo
949:Rose Hill
939:Pikeville
929:Otterbein
919:Nashville
909:Jaysville
814:Van Buren
799:Patterson
731:Townships
721:Yorkshire
691:Palestine
277:Geography
259:townships
233:FIPS code
199:Time zone
169:Elevation
78:40°2′48″N
874:Coletown
804:Richland
769:Harrison
759:Franklin
701:Rossburg
696:Pitsburg
634:Bradford
616:Villages
432:June 19,
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33:Township
974:Webster
969:Weavers
964:Tampico
904:Horatio
884:Delisle
779:Liberty
774:Jackson
646:Castine
629:Arcanum
624:Ansonia
338:Hancock
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288:- north
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107:Country
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819:Wabash
789:Monroe
754:Butler
686:Osgood
666:Ithaca
656:Gordon
346:Shelby
344:, and
342:Putnam
318:- west
294:- east
129:County
869:Brock
829:Wayne
794:Neave
749:Brown
744:Allen
739:Adams
227:(EDT)
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204:UTC-5
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117:State
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834:York
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586:City
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