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A Soldier's Son: An
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A Soldier's Son: An
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982:Helen Jewett
964:poverty line
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1502:territories
1500:Unorganized
1490:Sandy River
1467:Plantations
1340:County seat
1268:January 31,
1176:January 30,
1158:Maine Times
994:Jacob Wirth
911:2000 census
885:other races
859:2010 census
376:2020 census
146: /
1708:Categories
1681:70°13′35″W
1678:44°41′06″N
1553:Farmington
1410:New Sharon
1390:Farmington
1347:Farmington
1092:References
915:As of the
863:As of the
396:Farmington
332:feature ID
240:Population
134:70°15′35″W
131:44°40′53″N
1638:Footnotes
1624:North Jay
1558:Kingfield
1405:Kingfield
1143:April 18,
480:Geography
420:swamp gas
320:FIPS code
308:Area code
262:Time zone
232:Elevation
1629:Oquossoc
1580:villages
1563:Rangeley
1548:Chisholm
1485:Rangeley
1425:Rangeley
1420:Phillips
1395:Industry
1375:Carthage
1080:See also
937:Hispanic
931:, 0.52%
927:, 0.17%
889:Hispanic
400:sawmills
324:23-75980
296:ZIP code
193:Villages
187:Franklin
1218:June 4,
1160:, 1970s
1138:ePodunk
1001:Gallery
879:, 0.6%
875:, 1.1%
382:History
340:Website
335:0582761
160:Country
1614:Madrid
1588:Dryden
1568:Wilton
1480:Dallas
1475:Coplin
1445:Wilton
1435:Temple
1430:Strong
1385:Eustis
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941:Latino
917:census
893:Latino
865:census
727:−20.0%
712:−25.9%
667:−16.2%
652:−19.0%
622:−11.8%
592:−17.8%
502:Census
472:, and
435:Temple
427:Shawno
412:manure
390:, Old
356:Temple
196:Temple
182:County
108:Temple
78:Temple
1578:Other
1530:Wyman
1357:Towns
933:Asian
925:White
881:Asian
873:White
847:−0.2%
832:−7.7%
787:41.1%
772:16.9%
757:10.6%
742:12.7%
637:−9.4%
607:−7.5%
577:20.1%
562:29.3%
547:27.6%
368:Maine
358:is a
301:04984
290:(EDT)
288:UTC-4
267:UTC-5
175:Maine
170:State
1609:Macy
1540:CDPs
1440:Weld
1365:Avon
1270:2008
1245:2012
1220:2015
1196:ISBN
1178:2022
1145:2010
1120:2012
838:2020
823:2010
817:2.1%
808:2000
802:8.1%
793:1990
778:1980
763:1970
748:1960
733:1950
718:1940
703:1930
697:5.5%
688:1920
682:2.3%
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658:1900
643:1890
628:1880
613:1870
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583:1850
568:1840
553:1830
538:1820
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511:Note
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360:town
347:.org
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