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bought the refinery in 1950. By 1957, employment at the refinery was about equal to all other employment in the
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726:
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710:
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698:
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432:Demographics
418:Pauls Valley
403:
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375:
370:Presbyterian
367:
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343:Philadelphia
335:Pennsylvania
259:
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1453:communities
1393:Elmore City
1322:County seat
1033:January 23,
982:January 31,
845:Afghanistan
809:James Allen
769:Elmore City
733:cotton gins
686:other races
668:was 77.27%
319:2020 census
74: /
1582:Tiger King
1561:Categories
1487:Ghost town
923:References
858:Roy Milton
831:Tiger King
826:Joe Exotic
749:Carl Icahn
663:As of the
250:feature ID
158:Population
62:97°09′53″W
59:34°38′38″N
1523:Footnotes
1477:Wallville
1423:Stratford
1413:Maysville
1363:Wynnewood
1244:KOMO News
904:Cherokees
811:, former
797:tornadoes
774:Footloose
672:, 10.73%
399:Red River
385:Geography
339:Wynnewood
302:-nee-wood
260:Wynnewood
238:FIPS code
226:Area code
180:Time zone
150:Elevation
1441:Hennepin
878:See also
783:and the
690:Hispanic
680:, 0.17%
676:, 7.77%
311:Oklahoma
242:40-82400
214:ZIP code
103:Oklahoma
1495:Antioch
1461:Pernell
1353:Lindsay
1124:June 4,
723:Economy
349:History
253:2412312
88:Country
1403:Foster
1339:Cities
694:Latino
665:census
652:−12.9%
517:−17.3%
442:Census
115:Garvin
110:County
1471:Tussy
1466:Purdy
1451:Other
1418:Paoli
1408:Katie
1385:Towns
1347:Davis
1218:(PDF)
1205:(PDF)
890:Notes
759:Media
682:Asian
670:White
647:1,927
637:−6.5%
632:2,212
622:−3.4%
617:2,367
607:−6.3%
602:2,451
592:10.2%
587:2,615
577:−5.4%
572:2,374
557:2,509
542:2,423
532:27.4%
527:2,318
512:1,820
497:2,200
482:2,002
467:1,907
422:Davis
219:73098
208:(CDT)
206:UTC-5
185:UTC-6
166:1,927
98:State
1252:2020
1226:2012
1176:2024
1126:2015
1035:2017
1006:2024
984:2008
945:2022
853:Iraq
847:and
819:and
763:The
643:2020
628:2010
613:2000
598:1990
583:1980
568:1970
562:3.5%
553:1960
547:4.5%
538:1950
523:1940
508:1930
502:9.9%
493:1920
487:5.0%
478:1910
463:1900
451:Note
446:Pop.
408:and
248:GNIS
121:Area
33:City
1433:CDP
851:in
843:in
813:NFL
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692:or
325:of
300:WIH
231:405
199:DST
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