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1575:February 4,
1566:"BISD Home"
1420:October 14,
1398:January 31,
1147:Percentage
468:Clark Gable
423:North Texas
410:2020 census
354:Burkburnett
131: /
18:Burkburnett
1809:Categories
1339:References
1287:Government
1279:As of the
439:Frank Kell
328:feature ID
236:Population
186:Government
119:98°34′02″W
116:34°04′28″N
96:Show Texas
1707:Iowa Park
1478:March 28,
1359:August 7,
1311:Education
921:Source:
486:Geography
463:Boom Town
316:FIPS code
304:Area code
258:Time zone
228:Elevation
320:48-11368
292:ZIP code
1702:Electra
1550:May 18,
1525:May 20,
1500:June 4,
1259:11.25%
1161:77.87%
1144:Number
498:Climate
416:History
336:Website
331:2409941
172:Wichita
145:Country
57:Former
1684:Cities
1270:10,939
1256:1,231
1246:5.84%
1232:0.26%
1221:0.05%
1207:0.78%
1193:0.87%
1175:3.09%
1158:8,518
1115:10,939
1100:10,811
1085:10,927
1070:10,145
1055:10,668
1000:−14.2%
985:−38.1%
940:Census
916:(−24)
911:(−22)
906:(−10)
866:(−14)
861:(−22)
856:(−24)
527:Month
474:. The
244:10,939
167:County
1767:Kamay
1300:circa
1265:Total
1240:(NH)
1215:(NH)
1201:(NH)
1199:Asian
1187:(NH)
1169:(NH)
1155:(NH)
1153:White
1141:Race
1105:−1.1%
1075:−4.9%
1060:15.6%
1045:21.1%
1040:9,230
1030:67.3%
1025:7,621
1015:61.9%
1010:4,555
995:2,814
980:3,281
965:5,300
901:(−6)
891:(12)
886:(12)
881:(10)
871:(−4)
846:(10)
841:(−1)
831:(11)
826:(17)
821:(22)
816:(22)
811:(20)
806:(16)
786:(−1)
776:(18)
766:(12)
761:(18)
756:(24)
751:(29)
746:(29)
741:(27)
736:(22)
731:(17)
726:(12)
706:(24)
701:(13)
696:(18)
691:(25)
686:(31)
681:(36)
676:(36)
671:(33)
666:(29)
661:(24)
656:(19)
651:(14)
646:(12)
636:(47)
631:(31)
626:(32)
621:(39)
616:(44)
611:(45)
606:(46)
601:(47)
596:(43)
591:(39)
586:(38)
581:(34)
576:(32)
566:Year
466:with
297:76354
286:(CDT)
284:UTC-5
263:UTC-6
160:Texas
155:State
61:depot
1734:Town
1577:2019
1552:2022
1527:2022
1502:2015
1480:2016
1422:2023
1400:2008
1361:2020
1302:1920
1243:639
1172:338
1120:1.2%
1111:2020
1096:2010
1090:7.7%
1081:2000
1066:1990
1051:1980
1036:1970
1021:1960
1006:1950
991:1940
976:1930
961:1920
949:Note
944:Pop.
896:(3)
876:(2)
836:(4)
801:(9)
796:(5)
791:(1)
771:(6)
721:(8)
716:(6)
563:Dec
560:Nov
557:Oct
554:Sep
551:Aug
548:Jul
545:Jun
542:May
539:Apr
536:Mar
533:Feb
530:Jan
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433:the
345:.org
326:GNIS
199:Area
181:1923
44:City
1229:28
1204:85
1190:95
1183:or
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854:−12
634:117
619:102
614:111
609:113
604:114
599:117
594:110
589:103
584:100
512:Cfa
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277:DST
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844:51
839:31
834:40
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824:63
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