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311:
15:
1509:reservation
1492:Youngsville
1482:Summitville
1441:Kenoza Lake
1331:Narrowsburg
1291:Hortonville
1286:Hurleyville
1256:Bridgeville
1134:Forestburgh
1084:County seat
931:January 31,
836:other races
493:Summitville
489:Linear Park
474:Port Jervis
461:Philip Hone
423:Leni Lenape
341:2020 census
117: /
1565:Categories
1472:Parksville
1391:Burlingham
1366:Woodbourne
1361:White Lake
1251:Barryville
1223:Monticello
1159:Mamakating
1154:Lumberland
1091:Monticello
1012:January 4,
869:References
817:As of the
399:March 2023
325:Mamakating
303:feature ID
211:Population
168:Mamakating
105:74°29′08″W
102:41°34′34″N
1527:Footnotes
1477:Pond Eddy
1467:Obernburg
1452:Long Eddy
1446:Lew Beach
1416:Glen Spey
1356:Swan Lake
1346:Smallwood
1336:Rock Hill
1271:Fallsburg
1261:Callicoon
1233:Wurtsboro
1228:Woodridge
1164:Neversink
1129:Fallsburg
1119:Cochecton
1114:Callicoon
520:Long Path
507:Geography
470:Honesdale
425:. Called
370:does not
313:Wurtsboro
291:FIPS code
279:Area code
233:Time zone
203:Elevation
80:Wurtsboro
25:Wurtsboro
1406:Ferndale
1200:Villages
1174:Thompson
1169:Rockland
1144:Highland
1124:Delaware
840:Hispanic
830:, 0.81%
826:, 1.86%
427:Delaware
295:36-83272
267:ZIP code
156:Sullivan
144:New York
1401:Debruce
1383:hamlets
1281:Hankins
1218:Liberty
1149:Liberty
1139:Fremont
977:June 4,
391:removed
376:sources
351:History
317:village
306:2391227
130:Country
33:Village
1507:Indian
1426:Harris
1341:Roscoe
1266:Eldred
1179:Tusten
1109:Bethel
819:census
656:−24.3%
596:−32.5%
551:Census
478:Hawley
466:Albany
455:, the
151:County
1497:Yulan
1431:Haven
1381:Other
1101:Towns
832:Asian
824:white
806:−9.8%
801:1,124
786:1,246
776:17.7%
771:1,234
761:−7.1%
756:1,048
746:54.1%
741:1,128
731:11.8%
701:29.0%
686:15.1%
671:16.9%
626:−8.2%
611:−8.9%
315:is a
272:12790
261:(EDT)
259:UTC-4
238:UTC-5
219:1,124
139:State
1243:CDPs
1014:2020
979:2015
933:2008
891:2022
797:2020
791:1.0%
782:2010
767:2000
752:1990
737:1980
722:1970
716:4.3%
707:1960
692:1950
677:1940
662:1930
647:1920
641:6.2%
632:1910
617:1900
602:1890
587:1880
572:1870
560:Note
555:Pop.
529:and
525:The
518:The
374:any
372:cite
301:GNIS
174:Area
163:Town
726:732
711:655
696:628
681:487
666:423
651:362
636:478
621:450
606:490
591:538
576:797
385:by
327:in
284:845
252:DST
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