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1175:Carterville
1135:County seat
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1548:Categories
1486:Ghost town
1471:Smithfield
1461:Prosperity
1410:Dudenville
1399:Belleville
1201:La Russell
806:August 28,
787:References
692:As of the
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328:Prosperity
271:feature ID
179:Population
126:Government
67:94°26′20″W
64:37°08′48″N
1503:Footnotes
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1301:Townships
1236:Webb City
1206:Neck City
349:Geography
259:FIPS code
247:Area code
201:Time zone
171:Elevation
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1441:Maxville
1431:Lone Elm
1369:Sheridan
1364:Sarcoxie
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1291:Fidelity
1286:Duquesne
1281:Carytown
1258:Villages
1226:Sarcoxie
1180:Carthage
1142:Carthage
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701:, 0.16%
666:Hispanic
334:and the
320:horsecar
289:Missouri
263:29-11638
235:ZIP code
108:Missouri
1456:Preston
1426:Knights
1359:Preston
1354:Mineral
1339:Madison
1334:Lincoln
1319:Jackson
1216:Purcell
1211:Oronogo
1185:Duenweg
1064:July 8,
1039:July 8,
756:Gallery
656:, 0.4%
652:, 0.8%
648:, 0.4%
306:History
274:2393758
93:Country
1344:Marion
1329:Joplin
1324:Jasper
1314:Galena
1271:Avilla
1195:Joplin
1190:Jasper
1165:Asbury
1152:Cities
727:Latino
694:census
670:Latino
638:census
483:−34.3%
468:−46.4%
423:497.1%
378:Census
120:Jasper
115:County
1446:Medoc
1379:Union
1309:Duval
1221:Reeds
956:(PDF)
949:(PDF)
711:Asian
699:White
658:Asian
646:White
618:−1.9%
613:1,855
598:1,891
588:−8.1%
583:1,850
568:2,013
558:15.0%
553:1,973
543:18.8%
538:1,716
528:−6.9%
523:1,445
513:−1.9%
508:1,552
498:−1.1%
493:1,582
478:1,600
463:2,434
448:4,539
438:54.1%
433:4,445
418:2,884
240:64835
229:(CDT)
227:UTC-5
206:UTC-6
187:1,855
133:Mayor
103:State
1231:Waco
1160:Alba
1066:2012
1041:2012
1011:2021
989:2021
964:2021
932:2016
906:2021
875:2021
850:2008
808:2022
609:2020
603:2.2%
594:2010
579:2000
573:2.0%
564:1990
549:1980
534:1970
519:1960
504:1950
489:1940
474:1930
459:1920
453:2.1%
444:1910
429:1900
414:1890
399:1880
387:Note
382:Pop.
269:GNIS
142:Area
33:City
725:or
668:or
403:483
252:417
220:DST
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