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247:Area code(s)
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1656:Pilot Point
1621:March 1861.
1614:Gainesville
1447:Gordonville
1429:communities
1348:Whitewright
1337:Van Alstyne
1261:County seat
970:January 31,
944:January 31,
687:Percentage
385:Gainesville
381:county seat
305:2020 census
95: /
1713:Categories
1677:– Located
1641:White Rock
1636:Bridgeport
1609:Davidsen's
1563:Clear Fork
1343:Whitesboro
1296:Dorchester
900:References
859:Ray Renfro
805:As of the
337:After the
297:Whitesboro
271:feature ID
179:Population
83:96°54′22″W
80:33°39′35″N
1693:Red River
1619:Diamond's
1604:Conolly's
1599:Earhart's
1583:Jacksboro
1466:Footnotes
1389:Pottsboro
1321:Southmayd
1306:Knollwood
1083:March 22,
1057:April 23,
919:August 7,
837:Etta Gray
813:Education
393:Red River
363:Geography
339:Civil War
259:FIPS code
201:Time zone
171:Elevation
1578:Murphy's
1457:Toadsuck
1326:Tom Bean
872:See also
389:Oklahoma
263:48-78532
252:903, 430
235:ZIP code
1686:⁄
1646:Decatur
1629:1860–61
1592:1858–60
1437:Ambrose
1412:Preston
1331:Trenton
1316:Sherman
1291:Denison
1268:Sherman
1166:May 18,
1130:May 22,
1105:June 4,
785:11.86%
684:Number
377:Sherman
343:Denison
330:to the
318:History
279:Website
274:1371458
136:Grayson
109:Country
1651:Denton
1452:Luella
1311:Sadler
1301:Gunter
1278:Cities
772:6.85%
747:0.74%
733:0.98%
715:0.79%
701:78.6%
698:3,202
525:−15.2%
420:Census
397:Denton
379:, the
131:County
1427:Other
1394:Tioga
1371:Towns
1286:Bells
1010:(PDF)
796:4,074
791:Total
766:(NH)
758:0.2%
741:(NH)
739:Asian
727:(NH)
709:(NH)
695:(NH)
693:White
681:Race
655:4,074
640:3,793
630:17.2%
625:3,760
610:3,209
595:3,197
585:17.8%
580:2,927
570:34.0%
565:2,485
555:18.8%
550:1,854
535:1,560
520:1,535
510:48.5%
505:1,810
495:−1.9%
490:1,219
475:1,243
465:51.4%
460:1,170
240:76273
229:(CDT)
227:UTC-5
206:UTC-6
187:4,074
124:Texas
119:State
1404:CDPs
1384:Howe
1168:2022
1132:2022
1107:2015
1085:2017
1059:2011
972:2008
946:2008
921:2020
782:483
769:279
660:7.4%
651:2020
645:0.9%
636:2010
621:2000
615:0.4%
606:1990
600:9.2%
591:1980
576:1970
561:1960
546:1950
540:1.6%
531:1940
516:1930
501:1920
486:1910
480:6.2%
471:1900
456:1890
441:1880
429:Note
424:Pop.
288:.com
269:GNIS
142:Area
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