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424:Eli Blodgett
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1639:North Chili
1619:Adams Basin
1589:North Gates
1579:Irondequoit
1531:Spencerport
1526:Scottsville
1496:Churchville
1418:Irondequoit
1323:County seat
1213:January 31,
1098:January 11,
1072:December 2,
874:other races
434:, in 1812.
153:Established
112: /
1697:Categories
1649:Union Hill
1024:References
973:Government
958:Ridge Road
932:Erie Canal
847:As of the
459:Ridge Road
444:blacksmith
267:Population
171:Government
163:1819-04-02
100:77°55′19″W
97:43°15′07″N
1659:Footnotes
1521:Pittsford
1491:Brockport
1473:Wheatland
1448:Pittsford
1413:Henrietta
1348:Rochester
1330:Rochester
1067:866011722
917:Brockport
469:Geography
452:physician
411:in 1852.
386:Rochester
349:FIPS code
337:Area code
289:Time zone
259:Elevation
1584:Nazareth
1559:Clarkson
1554:Brighton
1506:Fairport
1483:Villages
1443:Perinton
1438:Penfield
1388:Clarkson
1378:Brighton
1266:Archived
1001:May 2012
960:–
942:in 1994.
878:Hispanic
868:, 0.05%
864:, 0.64%
860:, 0.25%
856:, 2.03%
450:was the
382:New York
370:Clarkson
326:ZIP code
137:New York
70:New York
28:Clarkson
1634:Mumford
1624:Garbutt
1611:hamlets
1536:Webster
1468:Webster
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1167:June 4,
1120:July 5,
962:NYS-104
926:in the
396:History
358:Website
161: (
125:Country
1574:Hamlin
1569:Greece
1511:Hilton
1463:Sweden
1423:Mendon
1408:Hamlin
1403:Greece
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924:hamlet
882:Latino
849:census
641:−19.4%
611:−10.0%
596:−54.1%
551:101.7%
506:Census
147:Monroe
143:County
1609:Other
1564:Gates
1433:Parma
1428:Ogden
1398:Gates
1383:Chili
1370:Towns
1059:(PDF)
866:Asian
854:White
831:6,904
821:10.9%
816:6,736
806:34.4%
801:6,072
791:12.5%
786:4,517
776:10.3%
771:4,016
761:55.7%
756:3,642
746:22.3%
741:2,339
731:32.0%
726:1,912
716:−0.5%
711:1,449
696:1,456
686:−9.4%
681:1,403
671:−2.0%
666:1,549
656:−9.2%
651:1,581
636:1,741
626:14.6%
621:2,160
606:1,884
591:2,093
581:30.7%
576:4,555
561:3,486
546:3,251
531:1,612
372:is a
330:14430
315:UTC-4
294:UTC-5
275:6,904
133:State
1546:CDPs
1458:Rush
1453:Riga
1340:City
1215:2008
1190:2017
1169:2015
1147:2023
1122:2017
1100:2018
1074:2021
1063:OCLC
836:2.5%
827:2020
812:2010
797:2000
782:1990
767:1980
752:1970
737:1960
722:1950
707:1940
701:3.8%
692:1930
677:1920
662:1910
647:1900
632:1890
617:1880
602:1870
587:1860
572:1850
566:7.2%
557:1840
542:1830
527:1820
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