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1475:McCuneville
1455:Clarksville
1450:Chapel Hill
1427:communities
1245:Crooksville
1215:County seat
960:"Corning".
859:January 31,
698:2000 census
650:2010 census
630:2023 (est.)
310:2020 census
104: /
1605:Categories
1553:Dicksonton
1485:Millertown
1440:Buckingham
1296:Thornville
1123:"Homepage"
1107:January 6,
1060:January 6,
773:References
702:As of the
654:As of the
288:feature ID
188:Population
92:82°05′15″W
89:39°36′06″N
49:View from
1567:Footnotes
1465:Ludington
1445:Chalfants
1415:Thornport
1409:Rose Farm
1386:Salt Lick
1326:Bearfield
1318:Townships
1280:Roseville
1275:Rendville
758:Education
356:Geography
276:FIPS code
264:Area code
218:Time zone
180:Elevation
1525:Saltillo
1520:Rehoboth
1510:Oakfield
1500:Moxahala
1490:Milligan
1470:Maxville
1376:Pleasant
1346:Hopewell
1341:Harrison
1291:Somerset
1250:Glenford
1232:Villages
1151:March 3,
1129:March 3,
831:June 14,
725:Hispanic
719:, 0.17%
715:, 0.34%
711:, 0.34%
676:Hispanic
280:39-18770
252:ZIP code
1558:San Toy
1480:McLuney
1435:Bristol
1381:Reading
1356:Madison
1351:Jackson
1331:Clayton
1286:Shawnee
1255:Hemlock
1240:Corning
1082:June 4,
1010:July 8,
670:, 0.3%
666:, 0.5%
316:History
302:village
298:Corning
291:2398629
118:Country
36:Village
1366:Monroe
1032:
884:May 2,
729:Latino
704:census
680:Latino
656:census
625:−16.3%
595:−15.6%
580:−10.9%
550:−21.3%
535:−12.3%
520:−15.2%
490:−13.3%
430:474.4%
385:Census
140:County
1391:Thorn
721:Asian
709:White
664:White
638:−0.6%
610:−1.7%
565:−5.8%
530:1,065
515:1,215
500:1,433
485:1,411
470:1,628
460:11.6%
455:1,564
445:−9.7%
440:1,401
425:1,551
336:, or
300:is a
257:43730
246:(EDT)
244:UTC-4
223:UTC-5
145:Perry
128:State
1530:Sego
1401:CDPs
1371:Pike
1336:Coal
1153:2018
1131:2018
1109:2013
1084:2015
1062:2013
1030:ISBN
1012:2023
925:2015
886:2018
861:2008
833:2024
794:2022
616:2020
601:2010
586:2000
571:1990
556:1980
541:1970
526:1960
511:1950
505:1.6%
496:1940
481:1930
475:4.1%
466:1920
451:1910
436:1900
421:1890
406:1880
394:Note
389:Pop.
286:GNIS
151:Area
133:Ohio
727:or
678:or
633:485
620:488
605:583
590:593
575:703
560:789
545:838
410:270
304:in
269:740
237:DST
204:485
196:488
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