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993:Bruner, Bethany (June 14, 2021).
1594:Villages in Madison County, Ohio
970:Cooley, Patrick (May 25, 2021).
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1521:Rosedale
1471:Gillivan
1466:Florence
1461:Chrisman
1426:Plumwood
1378:Pleasant
1286:Villages
1030:March 1,
1004:June 21,
909:June 21,
790:Hispanic
780:, 0.02%
776:, 0.14%
772:, 0.16%
768:, 0.02%
733:Hispanic
307:39-83580
275:ZIP code
1506:Newport
1363:Oak Run
1082:June 4,
978:May 25,
955:May 25,
932:May 25,
832:tapes.
823:Library
764:99.01%
723:, 0.3%
719:, 0.5%
377:platted
371:History
345:village
323:Website
318:2400132
176:Madison
149:Country
40:Village
1526:Rupert
1516:Resaca
1393:Stokes
1358:Monroe
1333:Canaan
1294:Midway
1264:London
1246:London
794:Latino
761:census
737:Latino
709:census
421:Census
171:County
1511:Range
1446:Amity
1398:Union
1383:Range
1368:Paint
1338:Darby
778:Asian
766:White
725:Asian
717:White
691:−2.0%
686:4,137
676:−2.5%
671:4,222
661:−3.9%
656:4,331
641:4,505
631:21.4%
626:4,448
616:32.1%
611:3,664
601:68.4%
596:2,774
586:18.8%
581:1,647
566:1,386
556:17.6%
551:1,376
541:12.2%
536:1,170
526:29.9%
521:1,043
343:is a
280:43162
269:(EDT)
267:UTC-4
246:UTC-5
227:4,137
159:State
1408:CDPs
1373:Pike
1256:City
1160:2006
1134:2008
1109:2013
1084:2015
1062:2013
1032:2024
1024:WSYX
1006:2021
980:2021
957:2021
934:2021
911:2016
858:2022
682:2020
667:2010
652:2000
646:1.3%
637:1990
622:1980
607:1970
592:1960
577:1950
571:0.7%
562:1940
547:1930
532:1920
517:1910
511:3.2%
502:1900
496:8.1%
487:1890
472:1880
466:5.5%
457:1860
442:1850
430:Note
425:Pop.
353:Ohio
332:.gov
313:GNIS
294:and
182:Area
164:Ohio
80:Logo
70:Flag
830:VHS
792:or
735:or
506:803
491:778
476:720
461:460
446:436
347:in
328:www
296:380
292:614
260:DST
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