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765:Communities and locations in Decatur
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1229:Springfield
1174:Middlefield
1082:Cooperstown
1075:County seat
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813:Gothicville
800:Elliot Hill
728:other races
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1559:Categories
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1486:Taylortown
1214:Plainfield
1209:Pittsfield
1189:New Lisbon
1134:Butternuts
1129:Burlington
951:August 19,
820:References
781:– A small
706:As of the
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258:feature ID
158:Population
59:42°40′13″N
1521:Footnotes
1465:Richfield
1455:Pierstown
1445:Oaksville
1405:Worcester
1365:Schenevus
1335:Fly Creek
1244:Worcester
1219:Richfield
316:Geography
246:FIPS code
234:Area code
188:Time zone
150:Elevation
62:74°42′4″W
1400:Westford
1395:West End
1345:Hartwick
1330:Edmeston
1302:Unadilla
1254:Villages
1239:Westford
1234:Unadilla
1224:Roseboom
1169:Maryland
1159:Hartwick
1149:Edmeston
732:Hispanic
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277:New York
250:36-19895
222:ZIP code
103:New York
1496:Welcome
1425:Cattown
1417:hamlets
1282:Milford
1277:Laurens
1194:Oneonta
1179:Milford
1164:Laurens
1144:Decatur
1100:Oneonta
973:June 4,
905:May 24,
880:June 9,
856:July 5,
789:Decatur
291:History
261:0978890
88:Country
1287:Morris
1204:Otsego
1184:Morris
1154:Exeter
793:hamlet
791:– The
736:Latino
708:census
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367:Census
115:Otsego
110:County
1440:Index
1415:Other
1292:Otego
1199:Otego
1121:Towns
724:Asian
716:White
695:−4.0%
667:15.2%
652:14.1%
637:11.0%
622:10.6%
607:−9.0%
577:−3.6%
517:−6.4%
487:−2.9%
457:−2.7%
427:−3.5%
422:1,071
412:19.9%
407:1,110
227:12197
216:(EDT)
214:UTC-4
193:UTC-5
98:State
1312:CDPs
1092:City
1000:2008
975:2015
953:2022
907:2024
882:2017
858:2017
783:pond
673:2010
658:2000
643:1990
628:1980
613:1970
598:1960
583:1950
568:1940
553:1930
538:1920
523:1910
508:1900
493:1890
478:1880
463:1870
448:1860
433:1850
418:1840
403:1830
388:1820
376:Note
371:Pop.
267:The
256:GNIS
121:Area
33:Town
928:102
734:or
690:339
677:353
662:410
647:356
632:312
617:281
602:254
587:279
572:324
557:336
542:422
527:476
512:559
497:597
482:779
467:802
452:902
437:927
392:926
239:607
207:DST
174:339
166:353
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