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1792:Birch Beach
1769:communities
1586:Minden City
1571:Forestville
1566:Deckerville
1561:Carsonville
1485:County seat
1330:communities
1305:Barnes Lake
1082:County seat
894:February 6,
713:other races
690:2000 census
664:other races
634:2010 census
323:2010 census
290:.brown-city
72: /
1940:Categories
1822:Downington
1807:Charleston
1724:Washington
1510:Brown City
1394:Thornville
1388:Silverwood
1378:Kings Mill
1353:Five Lakes
1212:Burlington
1178:Otter Lake
1113:Imlay City
1107:Brown City
970:2012-11-25
924:2012-11-25
867:Romig 1986
830:2008-01-31
778:References
694:As of the
638:As of the
363:purchased
315:U.S. state
303:Brown City
273:feature ID
181:Population
123:Government
60:82°59′19″W
57:43°12′43″N
1902:Footnotes
1734:Wheatland
1729:Watertown
1684:Lexington
1674:Greenleaf
1654:Evergreen
1606:Townships
1576:Lexington
1556:Applegate
1403:Footnotes
1373:Kerr Hill
1222:Deerfield
375:Geography
261:FIPS code
249:Area code
203:Time zone
173:Elevation
1862:McGregor
1699:Marlette
1664:Forester
1639:Delaware
1548:Villages
1526:Sandusky
1521:Marlette
1516:Croswell
1492:Sandusky
1358:Goodland
1338:Burnside
1313:(former)
1267:Metamora
1262:Mayfield
1257:Marathon
1237:Goodland
1217:Burnside
1168:Metamora
1153:Clifford
1140:Villages
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319:Michigan
265:26-11180
237:ZIP code
108:Counties
101:Michigan
1777:Amadore
1719:Speaker
1714:Sanilac
1679:Lamotte
1669:Fremont
1202:Arcadia
981:Sources
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281:Website
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1812:Cumber
1782:Argyle
1757:Snover
1704:Minden
1694:Marion
1634:Custer
1619:Austin
1614:Argyle
1581:Melvin
1502:Cities
1363:Hadley
1300:Attica
1277:Oregon
1252:Lapeer
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1227:Dryden
1207:Attica
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1827:Elmer
1767:Other
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1709:Moore
1659:Flynn
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1328:Other
1247:Imlay
783:Notes
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189:1,302
96:State
1877:Tyre
1847:Juhl
1802:Cash
1629:Buel
1591:Peck
1343:Elba
1292:CDPs
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