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Belgium), first brought to the region by Belgian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Blairstown's courts are located in the Blairstown Ball Park. A game of Rolle Bolle is part of the annual Sauerkraut Days celebration. Rolle Bolle is also played in the nearby towns of
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was 1,330.8 inhabitants per square mile (513.8/km). There were 314 housing units at an average density of 603.8 per square mile (233.1/km). The racial makeup of the city was 97.8%
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1262:Map of Iowa highlighting Benton County
1021:. County of Benton, IA. Archived from
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1453:United States portal
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1446:Iowa portal
1417:Rogersville
1404:communities
1158:County seat
1003:January 31,
785:Iowa portal
729:Rolle Bolle
715:Rolle Bolle
670:other races
655:2000 census
629:other races
599:2010 census
292:2020 census
80: /
1469:Categories
1228:Shellsburg
1193:Blairstown
1055:0961411929
860:August 12,
854:census.gov
799:References
733:krulbollen
659:As of the
603:As of the
284:Blairstown
274:feature ID
182:Population
65:41°54′25″N
1431:Footnotes
1364:St. Clair
1284:Big Grove
1271:Townships
1238:Van Horne
1098:March 27,
1029:August 7,
831:March 16,
760:Education
578:March 29,
321:Geography
262:FIPS code
250:Area code
204:Time zone
174:Elevation
1324:Harrison
1314:Florence
1309:Eldorado
1203:Keystone
1198:Garrison
1078:"Benton"
1064:24039158
771:See also
731:(called
674:Hispanic
633:Hispanic
589:Source:
266:19-06805
238:ZIP code
68:92°5′0″W
1392:Watkins
1339:Jackson
1319:Fremont
1248:Walford
1218:Newhall
1208:Luzerne
978:May 11,
953:June 4,
931:May 11,
750:Marengo
742:Clutier
623:, 0.1%
619:, 0.1%
615:, 0.7%
566:Source:
311:platted
305:History
277:0454677
94:Country
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1369:Taylor
1354:Monroe
1294:Canton
1279:Benton
1243:Vinton
1233:Urbana
1223:Norway
1183:Atkins
1175:Cities
1165:Vinton
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752:, and
746:Victor
678:Latino
661:census
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605:census
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134:County
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1374:Union
1349:Leroy
1329:Homer
1299:Cedar
1289:Bruce
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243:52209
232:(CDT)
230:UTC-5
209:UTC-6
114:State
1359:Polk
1344:Kane
1334:Iowa
1304:Eden
1100:2020
1060:OCLC
1050:ISBN
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