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406:are two of the city's main routes.
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1714:Ghost towns
1686:communities
1659:Shell River
1517:County seat
1077:January 31,
806:head coach
725:other races
698:2000 census
672:other races
642:2010 census
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1774:Categories
1727:Shell City
1722:Leaf River
1694:Blue Grass
1674:Wing River
1664:Thomastown
1624:Leaf River
1374:"St. Urho"
1187:August 11,
1006:References
833:Saint Urho
831:See also:
808:Don Monson
747:ancestry.
743:and 15.5%
702:As of the
646:As of the
351:U.S. state
284:feature ID
192:Population
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1736:Footnotes
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1596:Townships
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1024:Archived
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1649:Red Eye
1614:Bullard
1604:Aldrich
1562:Staples
1547:Menahga
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1271:June 4,
1237:DeLorme
1161:May 15,
1109:July 4,
951:Gallery
937:Country
851:Finland
737:Finnish
666:, 0.2%
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658:, 0.5%
371:platted
365:History
349:in the
306:Menahga
292:Website
287:2395093
122:Country
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1644:Orton
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887:94.5
880:92.5
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721:Asian
709:White
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656:White
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610:1,306
600:13.4%
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580:1,076
570:17.4%
540:−5.9%
525:10.5%
510:58.0%
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253:56464
242:(CDT)
240:UTC-5
219:UTC-6
200:1,340
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615:7.0%
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585:9.8%
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561:1980
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