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384:
383:
351:36-003-27705
177:Town Council
154:Town Council
15:
1724: /
1651:reservation
1629:McGrawville
1619:Black Creek
1468:West Almond
1403:Clarksville
1398:Centerville
1313:County seat
1231:January 31,
1184:October 24,
879:other races
833:2021 (est.)
96: /
1739:Categories
1712:78°08′15″W
1709:42°12′23″N
1581:Friendship
1553:Wellsville
1538:Canaseraga
1463:Wellsville
1443:New Hudson
1413:Friendship
1086:October 3,
1080:Census.gov
1032:References
966:– A
964:Friendship
852:As of the
385:Friendship
359:feature ID
259:Population
145:Government
81:42°12′34″N
59:Friendship
1669:Footnotes
1601:Stannards
990:Route 275
935:Rube Kroh
461:Geography
347:FIPS code
335:Area code
289:Time zone
251:Elevation
1634:Petrolia
1591:Rushford
1586:Houghton
1576:Fillmore
1548:Richburg
1523:Angelica
1499:Villages
1448:Rushford
1393:Caneadea
1378:Birdsall
1368:Angelica
1096:cite web
1004:See also
982:in 1977.
949:, early
883:Hispanic
873:, 0.16%
869:, 0.10%
861:, 1.87%
435:(1838).
427:(1822),
421:Caneadea
397:New York
323:ZIP code
139:Allegany
127:New York
84:78°8′8″W
1611:Hamlets
1571:Belfast
1533:Bolivar
1528:Belmont
1518:Andover
1473:Willing
1423:Granger
1418:Genesee
1383:Bolivar
1373:Belfast
1363:Andover
1320:Belmont
1206:June 4,
1052:July 4,
976:village
953:notable
429:Bolivar
410:History
367:Website
362:0978978
110:Country
1649:Indian
1512:Almond
1507:Alfred
1353:Almond
1338:Alfred
968:hamlet
887:Latino
854:census
798:−11.8%
678:−14.9%
603:−19.1%
558:−17.2%
543:126.9%
498:Census
134:County
1428:Grove
1388:Burns
1358:Amity
1343:Allen
1330:Towns
875:Asian
863:Black
859:White
841:−0.7%
836:1,946
828:−2.2%
823:1,960
808:2,004
793:1,927
778:2,185
763:2,164
748:2,106
738:−7.4%
733:2,020
723:12.9%
718:2,182
703:1,932
688:1,868
673:1,788
663:−1.7%
658:2,100
648:−3.6%
643:2,136
628:2,216
618:39.2%
613:2,127
598:1,528
588:12.8%
583:1,889
573:34.6%
568:1,675
553:1,244
538:1,502
404:Olean
387:is a
328:14739
317:(EDT)
315:UTC-4
294:UTC-5
275:1,946
267:1,960
122:State
1596:Scio
1563:CDPs
1543:Cuba
1478:Wirt
1458:Ward
1453:Scio
1433:Hume
1408:Cuba
1348:Alma
1233:2008
1208:2015
1186:2014
1133:2017
1108:help
1088:2022
1054:2017
970:and
819:2020
813:4.0%
804:2010
789:2000
783:1.0%
774:1990
768:2.8%
759:1980
753:4.3%
744:1970
729:1960
714:1950
708:3.4%
699:1940
693:4.5%
684:1930
669:1920
654:1910
639:1900
633:4.2%
624:1890
609:1880
594:1870
579:1860
564:1850
549:1840
534:1830
519:1820
507:Note
502:Pop.
476:and
442:The
433:Wirt
425:Cuba
389:town
376:.com
357:GNIS
222:Area
33:Town
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391:in
372:www
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