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993:County seat
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213:Population
98:41°13′47″N
1476:Footnotes
1444:Slate Run
1424:Pennsdale
1389:Cedar Run
1348:Rauchtown
1245:Nippenose
1195:Loyalsock
1190:Limestone
1155:Fairfield
1110:Armstrong
1097:Townships
837:April 21,
490:Geography
444:Loyalists
282:FIPS code
248:Time zone
205:Elevation
101:77°8′38″W
1379:Barbours
1310:Woodward
1230:Moreland
1210:McIntyre
1200:Lycoming
1160:Franklin
1145:Cummings
1115:Bastress
1039:Boroughs
785:cite web
775:July 15,
657:Hispanic
647:, 0.17%
643:, 0.17%
639:, 0.75%
324:township
154:Lycoming
44:Township
1434:Ralston
1429:Proctor
1394:Chemung
1220:Mifflin
1205:McHenry
1175:Jackson
1170:Hepburn
1135:Clinton
1130:Cascade
1105:Anthony
893:June 4,
847:typos).
464:Sunbury
438:In the
401:Ireland
353:History
302:Website
297:1216778
160:Settled
127:Country
1467:Masten
1419:Nisbet
1414:Linden
1384:Cammal
1338:Kenmar
1300:Watson
1275:Porter
1215:McNett
1180:Jordan
1165:Gamble
1150:Eldred
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661:Latino
632:census
561:Census
378:Europe
367:suburb
221:2,043
149:County
1328:Faxon
1260:Piatt
1235:Muncy
1185:Lewis
1125:Brown
1120:Brady
1072:Muncy
865:(PDF)
649:Asian
637:White
619:−0.5%
614:2,033
606:−7.1%
601:2,043
586:2,200
460:Muncy
322:is a
276:(EDT)
274:UTC-4
253:UTC-5
234:2,033
137:State
1343:Oval
1320:CDPs
1305:Wolf
1265:Pine
1255:Penn
1010:City
920:2008
895:2016
873:2009
839:2007
826:ISBN
797:help
777:2022
743:2008
714:2017
597:2020
582:2010
570:Note
565:Pop.
340:2010
311:.biz
309:.hub
292:GNIS
176:Area
171:1855
163:1772
845:OCR
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326:in
267:DST
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