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1241:County seat
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1535:Categories
1483:Twin Lakes
1418:Tippecanoe
1364:Tippecanoe
1100:"Homepage"
827:References
724:As of the
668:As of the
373:86°14′46″W
370:41°14′16″N
186:Population
74:86°14′46″W
71:41°14′16″N
1497:Footnotes
1463:Linkville
1413:Teegarden
1397:Donaldson
1326:Townships
1138:March 10,
1106:March 10,
982:April 23,
847:March 16,
787:Education
359:Geography
355:in 2001.
258:Area code
208:Time zone
178:Elevation
134:Townships
1443:Burr Oak
1266:Plymouth
1248:Plymouth
1169:April 8,
1012:July 13,
920:June 30,
883:June 30,
815:See also
754:Hispanic
744:, 0.12%
740:, 0.06%
736:, 0.19%
698:Hispanic
276:18-02044
246:ZIP code
127:Marshall
1478:Rutland
1453:Hibbard
1334:Bourbon
1301:Bourbon
1034:June 4,
688:, 0.2%
684:, 0.5%
680:, 0.3%
331:History
325:Indiana
295:Website
115:Indiana
100:Country
1488:Walnut
1458:Inwood
1448:Harris
1374:Walnut
1344:German
1339:Center
1316:La Paz
1311:Culver
1306:Bremen
758:Latino
702:Latino
487:−16.8%
412:Census
317:Walnut
289:430243
143:Walnut
122:County
1433:Other
1423:Tyner
1369:Union
1354:North
1349:Green
1296:Argos
1288:Towns
1132:(PDF)
1125:(PDF)
746:Asian
734:White
690:Asian
678:White
647:1,777
632:1,691
622:−1.8%
617:1,613
602:1,642
592:11.1%
587:1,547
572:1,393
557:1,329
542:1,284
532:−1.7%
527:1,190
512:1,211
497:1,111
482:1,088
472:18.7%
467:1,307
457:77.0%
452:1,101
313:Green
309:Argos
251:46501
194:1,777
139:Green
110:State
1389:CDPs
1379:West
1359:Polk
1258:City
1171:2023
1140:2018
1108:2018
1086:2008
1061:2012
1036:2015
1014:2015
984:2011
922:2014
885:2014
849:2022
652:5.1%
643:2020
637:4.8%
628:2010
613:2000
607:6.1%
598:1990
583:1980
577:4.8%
568:1970
562:3.5%
553:1960
547:7.9%
538:1950
523:1940
517:9.0%
508:1930
502:2.1%
493:1920
478:1910
463:1900
448:1890
433:1880
421:Note
416:Pop.
347:The
315:and
283:GNIS
272:code
270:FIPS
149:Area
36:Town
756:or
700:or
437:622
263:574
238:EST
227:DST
217:EST
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