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1642:Chronister
1579:Pine Grove
1464:Shadybrook
940:References
786:As of the
295:cityofalto
282:feature ID
190:Population
138:Government
79:95°04′15″W
76:31°39′04″N
56:Show Texas
1716:Footnotes
1707:Wildhurst
1702:Rock Hill
1677:Lone Star
1632:Brunswick
1524:Elm Grove
1519:Dialville
1484:Blackjack
959:August 7,
829:Education
801:, 24.79%
363:Geography
270:FIPS code
258:Area code
212:Time zone
182:Elevation
46:Show Alto
1569:New Hope
1554:Maydelle
1373:Gallatin
1196:CBS News
1175:Archived
892:See also
819:Hispanic
809:, 0.17%
805:, 0.50%
274:48-02188
246:ZIP code
132:Cherokee
1697:Redlawn
1682:Mewshaw
1672:Larissa
1662:Griffin
1574:Oakland
1549:Linwood
1544:Ironton
1499:Concord
1435:Bullard
1269:May 16,
1228:July 7,
1202:July 7,
1157:May 18,
1132:May 25,
1107:June 4,
1026:May 12,
766:29.41%
693:40.51%
676:Number
345:Spanish
328:History
290:Website
285:2412356
105:Country
1692:Prices
1652:Emmaus
1529:Forest
1514:Delmer
1494:Circle
1388:Reklaw
1365:Cities
1072:
823:Latino
725:0.19%
707:26.1%
650:−16.2%
605:−14.6%
560:−14.9%
545:−10.5%
470:138.6%
410:Census
353:Neches
127:County
1637:Bulah
1594:Salem
1589:Reese
1584:Ponta
1559:Mixon
1534:Gould
1509:Craft
1474:Other
1446:Wells
1441:Cuney
1422:Towns
1399:Troup
920:Notes
883:from
869:from
811:Asian
799:White
777:1,027
772:Total
753:3.7%
747:(NH)
739:0.1%
733:(NH)
731:Asian
719:(NH)
701:(NH)
687:(NH)
685:White
673:Race
645:1,027
630:1,225
620:15.9%
615:1,190
600:1,027
590:15.1%
585:1,203
575:20.3%
570:1,045
540:1,021
525:1,141
515:−2.6%
510:1,053
500:60.9%
495:1,081
455:44.3%
314:Texas
251:75925
240:(CDT)
238:UTC-5
217:UTC-6
198:1,027
120:Texas
115:State
1667:Java
1657:Etna
1627:Atoy
1430:Alto
1394:Rusk
1355:Rusk
1271:2021
1230:2011
1204:2011
1159:2022
1134:2022
1109:2015
1070:ISBN
1049:2015
1028:2022
1003:2008
961:2020
763:302
704:268
690:416
641:2020
635:2.9%
626:2010
611:2000
596:1990
581:1980
566:1970
551:1960
536:1950
530:8.4%
521:1940
506:1930
491:1920
476:1910
461:1890
446:1880
431:1870
419:Note
414:Pop.
355:and
306:Alto
297:.com
280:GNIS
153:Area
36:Town
1456:CDP
821:or
750:38
715:or
555:869
480:672
465:210
263:936
231:DST
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