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1483:Iowa portal
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1416:communities
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1244:Lost Nation
1239:Grand Mound
1174:County seat
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1234:Goose Lake
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676:As of the
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370:41°54′44″N
277:feature ID
185:Population
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1468:Footnotes
1380:Waterford
1345:Hampshire
1335:Elk River
1292:Townships
1270:Wheatland
1254:Maquoketa
1214:Charlotte
999:April 23,
747:March 16,
611:March 29,
373:90°36′4″W
359:Geography
324:Education
265:FIPS code
253:Area code
207:Time zone
177:Elevation
71:90°36′4″W
1444:Folletts
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1209:Camanche
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820:Archived
774:Archived
741:Archived
691:Hispanic
685:, 0.63%
650:Hispanic
622:Source:
269:19-83370
241:ZIP code
1350:Liberty
1320:De Witt
1260:Toronto
1219:Clinton
1204:Calamus
1199:Andover
1181:Clinton
1085:May 11,
1055:June 4,
1029:May 11,
599:Source:
312:History
280:0462796
142:Clinton
97:Country
1449:Malone
1439:Elwood
1434:Elvira
1429:Bryant
1424:Almont
1385:Welton
1365:Sharon
1360:Orange
1315:Center
1265:Welton
1229:Delmar
1224:DeWitt
1191:Cities
695:Latino
678:census
654:Latino
638:census
594:−26.7%
568:−13.6%
555:+54.6%
542:+14.4%
529:+18.2%
490:+25.0%
477:+15.9%
451:−12.7%
287:Welton
137:County
127:
107:
1414:Other
1355:Olive
1340:Grant
683:White
646:White
581:+3.8%
516:−5.4%
503:−7.0%
464:+0.0%
246:52774
235:(CDT)
233:UTC-5
212:UTC-6
117:State
1330:Eden
1117:2008
1087:2012
1057:2015
1031:2012
1001:2011
971:2018
918:2018
880:2024
782:2021
749:2022
617:and
613:2020
587:2020
574:2010
561:2000
548:1990
535:1980
522:1970
509:1960
496:1950
483:1940
470:1930
457:1920
444:1910
431:1880
419:Pop.
415:Year
295:Iowa
275:GNIS
148:Area
130:Iowa
33:City
1395:CDP
850:."
826:."
803:283
693:or
652:or
591:121
578:165
565:159
552:184
539:119
526:104
487:100
258:563
226:DST
193:121
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