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Pomeroy, took a mower and mowed through his wheat fields to show where the streets would be, and a hardware store and a blacksmith shop were the first business enterprises in the new town.
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Community School, located in the town. It was the first consolidated school west of the Mississippi River. North Iowa Community School consists of students from Buffalo Center, as well as the three surrounding, smaller communities of Lakota, located to the
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Our 4 July celebration is a well-known all-day holiday which features a 5K, a parade, music in the park, tournaments, games and contests for the kids, and a huge fireworks display. Other annual events include the Winter Gala, Crazy Days, the
Firemen's Dance in July, and the Old-Fashioned Christmas
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Buffalo Center, Rake, Lakota and Thompson.
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1013:"REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66"
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Dreier, William H.; Ronald Pilgrim (October 6, 1995).
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Dreier, William H.; Ronald Pilgrim (October 6, 1995).
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782:References
671:As of the
615:As of the
344:93°56′54″W
341:43°23′11″N
292:is 50424.
268:feature ID
176:Population
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1349:Footnotes
1252:Townships
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1093:August 2,
1063:August 2,
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994:August 2,
856:April 23,
801:March 16,
723:Education
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330:Geography
256:FIPS code
244:Area code
198:Time zone
168:Elevation
133:Winnebago
1230:Thompson
735:and the
690:Hispanic
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290:ZIP code
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232:ZIP code
1290:Lincoln
1260:Buffalo
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886:May 11,
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296:History
271:0454952
88:Country
1315:Norway
1310:Newton
1295:Linden
1275:Forest
1265:Center
1215:Leland
1191:Cities
694:Latino
673:census
649:Latino
617:census
539:−10.9%
526:−12.3%
513:+10.3%
474:+19.3%
461:+18.6%
448:−14.1%
435:+18.7%
422:−13.9%
288:. Its
128:County
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1340:Vinje
1335:Amund
1300:Logan
1280:Grant
1083:(PDF)
1053:(PDF)
1027:(PDF)
1016:(PDF)
988:(PDF)
977:(PDF)
682:Asian
678:White
637:Asian
625:White
565:−5.3%
552:−6.0%
523:1,081
510:1,233
500:−1.9%
497:1,118
487:+4.9%
484:1,140
471:1,087
237:50424
226:(CDT)
224:UTC-5
203:UTC-6
108:State
1285:King
1270:Eden
1220:Rake
1095:2019
1065:2019
1035:2019
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960:2008
935:2012
910:2015
888:2012
858:2011
832:2021
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588:and
584:2020
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545:2010
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519:1990
506:1980
493:1970
480:1960
467:1950
454:1940
441:1930
428:1920
415:1910
402:1900
390:Pop.
386:Year
266:GNIS
139:Area
121:Iowa
33:City
692:or
647:or
562:857
549:905
536:963
458:911
445:768
432:894
419:753
406:875
249:641
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