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1229:communities
1212:White Water
1155:Flint Creek
1120:Cloud Creek
1100:Bull Hollow
1095:Brush Creek
996:County seat
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676:Buzz Wetzel
655:heavyweight
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298:2010 census
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1722:Wilberton
1672:Tahlequah
1542:McAlester
1472:Frederick
1432:Claremore
1427:Chickasha
1202:Tagg Flats
1191:Rocky Ford
910:. Mapquest
717:References
671:Linebacker
579:As of the
384:Lake Eucha
260:feature ID
158:Population
62:94°47′44″W
59:36°25′38″N
1727:Woodward
1662:Stilwell
1632:Sallisaw
1602:Pawhuska
1592:Okmulgee
1557:Muskogee
1537:Marietta
1467:Fairview
1437:Coalgate
1422:Cheyenne
1417:Cherokee
1412:Chandler
1362:Anadarko
1270:Footnotes
1207:Twin Oaks
1186:Old Eucha
1176:New Eucha
1160:Indianola
1130:Deer Lick
666:, former
664:Ty Powell
592:, 36.50%
348:Geography
248:FIPS code
190:Time zone
150:Elevation
1712:Waurika
1707:Watonga
1702:Walters
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1667:Sulphur
1652:Stigler
1647:Shawnee
1637:Sapulpa
1627:Purcell
1567:Newkirk
1547:Medford
1477:Guthrie
1462:Eufaula
1452:El Reno
1407:Buffalo
1377:Ardmore
1372:Arapaho
1367:Antlers
1336:Oklahoma
1197:Sycamore
1125:Copeland
914:June 26,
879:Archived
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689:See also
660:champion
606:Hispanic
596:, 0.04%
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294:Oklahoma
252:40-37650
224:ZIP code
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1692:Vinita
1677:Taloga
1617:Poteau
1607:Pawnee
1582:Okemah
1577:Nowata
1532:Mangum
1527:Madill
1522:Lawton
1507:Idabel
1497:Hollis
1487:Hobart
1482:Guymon
1447:Durant
1442:Duncan
1397:Beaver
1382:Arnett
1237:Chloeta
1165:Kenwood
1061:Colcord
1056:Bernice
805:June 7,
315:History
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1642:Sayre
1612:Perry
1572:Norman
1552:Miami
1387:Atoka
1352:Altus
1135:Dennis
1115:Cleora
1110:Cayuga
1105:Butler
1066:Kansas
1013:Cities
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1502:Hugo
1457:Enid
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1242:Eucha
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1140:Dodge
1048:Towns
1021:Grove
598:Asian
586:White
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551:−1.4%
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536:11.8%
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516:2,220
506:36.8%
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476:60.7%
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