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1466:West Point
1461:Washington
1406:Des Moines
1396:Charleston
1362:West Point
1327:Donnellson
928:August 12,
922:census.gov
879:References
845:Nedra Volz
734:As of the
686:As of the
371:business.
369:lightering
334:Quashquame
291:Lee County
277:feature ID
185:Population
71:91°24′58″W
68:40°31′46″N
1552:Vincennes
1456:Van Buren
1431:Jefferson
1416:Green Bay
1383:Townships
1240:City-Data
1014:April 23,
989:, (1837)
899:March 16,
867:Buildings
828:Cato Mead
812:Cal McVey
794:Education
661:March 29,
375:Geography
265:FIPS code
253:Area code
207:Time zone
177:Elevation
1542:Primrose
1499:Sandusky
1446:Montrose
1421:Harrison
1411:Franklin
1357:St. Paul
1352:Montrose
1342:Houghton
1337:Franklin
1161:June 18,
761:Hispanic
751:, 0.10%
747:, 0.73%
743:, 0.10%
708:Hispanic
672:Source:
287:Montrose
269:19-53760
241:ZIP code
1489:Denmark
1436:Madison
1426:Jackson
1401:Denmark
1091:May 11,
1066:June 4,
1044:May 11,
966:. 2019.
818:player.
702:, 0.3%
698:, 0.4%
649:Source:
395:on the
313:History
280:0459199
97:Country
1527:Croton
1484:Argyle
1441:Marion
1347:Keokuk
1319:Cities
1309:Keokuk
1157:. 2011
765:Latino
736:census
712:Latino
688:census
644:−17.8%
592:+41.2%
579:+16.3%
527:+13.1%
514:−22.5%
475:−20.9%
449:+99.3%
137:County
127:
107:
1547:Viele
1504:Wever
1494:Mooar
1391:Cedar
753:Asian
741:White
704:Asian
696:White
631:−6.2%
618:+0.0%
605:−7.8%
589:1,038
566:−1.7%
553:+8.6%
540:−4.7%
501:−5.3%
488:−3.9%
462:+8.6%
246:52639
235:(CDT)
233:UTC-5
212:UTC-6
117:State
1476:CDPs
1305:and
1202:2017
1163:2011
1118:2008
1093:2012
1068:2015
1046:2012
1016:2011
930:2021
901:2022
667:and
663:2020
637:2020
624:2010
611:2000
598:1990
585:1980
572:1970
559:1960
546:1950
533:1940
520:1930
507:1920
494:1910
481:1900
468:1890
455:1880
442:1870
429:1850
417:Pop.
413:Year
356:and
295:Iowa
275:GNIS
148:Area
130:Iowa
33:City
1134:."
763:or
710:or
641:738
628:898
615:957
602:957
576:735
563:632
550:643
537:592
524:621
511:549
498:708
485:748
472:778
459:983
446:905
433:454
258:319
226:DST
193:738
142:Lee
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