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1130:County seat
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374:The Log Inn
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1432:Ghost town
1283:Washington
1263:Montgomery
1225:Somerville
1215:Owensville
839:References
705:As of the
649:As of the
301:feature ID
205:Population
163:Henry Haub
87:87°34′31″W
84:38°12′14″N
1449:Footnotes
1412:Warrenton
1407:Snake Run
1391:Oatsville
1235:Townships
1200:Haubstadt
1195:Francisco
1155:Princeton
1137:Princeton
858:March 16,
800:in 1974)
761:Education
419:Geography
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413:Darmstadt
409:Princeton
387:in 1984.
337:Haubstadt
289:FIPS code
227:Time zone
197:Elevation
159:Named for
1417:Wheeling
1306:Buckskin
1253:Columbia
1205:Hazleton
1071:March 7,
992:July 17,
835:racing.
728:Hispanic
718:, 0.07%
714:, 0.07%
679:Hispanic
293:18-32512
282:812, 930
265:ZIP code
147:Township
1402:Skelton
1341:Douglas
1336:Dongola
1311:Johnson
1258:Johnson
1014:June 4,
669:, 0.2%
665:, 0.2%
661:, 0.6%
399:-based
363:History
349:Indiana
304:2396991
152:Johnson
128:Indiana
113:Country
1386:Mounts
1376:McGary
1361:Gudgel
1346:Durham
1278:Wabash
1268:Patoka
1248:Center
1243:Barton
1220:Patoka
1210:Mackey
1147:Cities
812:Sports
781:9-12:
732:Latino
707:census
683:Latino
651:census
445:Census
140:Gibson
135:County
1321:Other
1273:Union
1182:Towns
1065:(PDF)
1058:(PDF)
825:US 41
771:K-8:
720:Asian
712:White
671:Asian
659:White
620:1,638
605:1,577
590:1,529
575:1,455
565:18.6%
560:1,389
550:13.8%
545:1,171
535:15.1%
530:1,029
520:17.3%
505:13.1%
270:47639
253:UTC-5
232:UTC-6
213:1,638
123:State
1366:King
1356:Giro
1298:CDPs
1073:2018
1041:2012
1016:2015
994:2015
902:2008
860:2022
831:and
625:3.9%
616:2020
610:3.1%
601:2010
595:5.1%
586:2000
580:4.8%
571:1990
556:1980
541:1970
526:1960
511:1950
496:1940
481:1930
466:1880
454:Note
449:Pop.
407:and
379:The
299:GNIS
168:Area
33:Town
940:351
730:or
681:or
515:894
500:762
485:674
470:278
257:CDT
246:DST
236:CST
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