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766:newspapers
632:As of the
620:As of the
280:feature ID
188:Population
92:87°35′52″W
89:30°24′52″N
1451:Josephine
1446:Hurricane
1441:Gateswood
1416:Clay City
1401:Blacksher
1396:Belforest
1359:Stapleton
1129:March 28,
1089:April 16,
696:Education
342:, at the
330:Geography
268:FIPS code
256:Area code
210:Time zone
180:Elevation
1539:Blakeley
1516:Seminole
1511:Seacliff
1481:Montrose
1386:Barnwell
1364:Stockton
1241:Fairhope
844:Illinois
704:system.
663:Hispanic
603:Hispanic
346:border.
283:0117910
272:01-23320
244:ZIP code
1426:Elsanor
1406:Bromley
1349:Perdido
1344:Lillian
1296:Elberta
1051:July 7,
1001:June 3,
975:June 6,
840:Indiana
828:Midwest
826:to the
824:Germany
820:Chicago
780:scholar
712:History
653:, 0.8%
649:, 0.1%
645:, 0.3%
531:87.13%
344:Florida
340:Lillian
312:Alabama
304:Elberta
288:Website
145:Baldwin
133:Alabama
118:Country
1521:Tensaw
1476:Miflin
1471:Marlow
1466:Malbis
1456:Latham
1436:Gasque
1301:Loxley
1236:Daphne
1223:Cities
1124:AL.com
852:German
782:
775:
768:
761:
753:
667:Latino
634:census
614:4.36%
607:Latino
597:6.08%
571:0.05%
558:0.51%
545:1.67%
528:1,720
517:Perc.
472:171.4%
367:Census
140:County
1506:Rabun
1374:Other
1288:Towns
1246:Foley
787:JSTOR
773:books
655:Asian
639:Black
584:0.2%
564:Asian
523:White
514:Num.
511:Race
487:31.8%
482:1,974
467:1,498
457:20.5%
442:−6.7%
427:24.3%
249:36530
238:(CDT)
236:UTC-5
215:UTC-6
196:1,974
128:State
1331:CDPs
1131:2015
1091:2013
1053:2015
1028:2021
1003:2014
977:2013
955:2013
926:2021
836:Ohio
759:news
594:120
478:2020
463:2010
448:2000
433:1990
418:1980
412:2.9%
403:1970
388:1960
376:Note
371:Pop.
295:.com
278:GNIS
151:Area
61:Logo
33:Town
1486:Oak
742:by
665:or
641:or
611:86
605:or
555:10
542:33
452:552
437:458
422:491
407:395
392:384
261:251
229:DST
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