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1229:County seat
1153:11 December
1096:11 December
845:October 12,
788:other races
559: /
523:Alden Villa
445:Peter Grubb
430:Lebanon, PA
183: /
1611:Categories
1574:Upper Lawn
1524:Bellegrove
1351:Heidelberg
1124:2008-01-31
1075:2011-04-23
891:Census.gov
825:References
765:As of the
547:76°24′38″W
544:40°16′23″N
483:on nearby
307:Population
246:Government
171:76°24′38″W
168:40°16′23″N
1529:Colebrook
1484:Sand Hill
1361:Millcreek
1323:Townships
1303:Myerstown
1293:Jonestown
533:Geography
529:in 2011.
497:Peter Jr.
461:magnetite
457:quarrying
387:FIPS code
375:Area code
329:Time zone
299:Elevation
1549:Lickdale
1331:Annville
1313:Richland
1288:Cornwall
1275:Boroughs
989:Cornwall
907:cite web
792:Hispanic
782:, 1.06%
778:, 0.20%
774:, 0.34%
759:Sources:
414:Cornwall
391:42-16256
363:ZIP code
142:Cornwall
109:Cornwall
1499:Waldeck
1479:Quentin
1401:Swatara
1356:Jackson
1308:Palmyra
1254:Lebanon
1236:Lebanon
870:Oct 12,
470:England
466:furnace
439:History
418:borough
396:Website
230:Settled
224:Lebanon
197:Country
37:Borough
1454:Hebron
1336:Bethel
1283:Cleona
996:
969:
942:
897:9 July
796:Latino
767:census
589:Census
493:Curtis
219:County
1406:Union
784:Asian
772:White
754:12.0%
749:4,604
739:18.0%
734:4,112
719:3,486
709:21.8%
704:3,231
694:25.7%
689:2,653
674:2,111
659:1,934
644:1,760
634:−8.5%
629:1,680
614:1,837
416:is a
368:17016
357:(EDT)
355:UTC-4
334:UTC-5
315:4,604
207:State
1544:Lawn
1434:Avon
1426:CDPs
1246:City
1155:2013
1098:2013
994:ISBN
967:ISBN
940:ISBN
919:help
899:2022
872:2022
847:2022
745:2020
730:2010
724:7.9%
715:2000
700:1990
685:1980
679:9.2%
670:1970
664:9.9%
655:1960
649:4.8%
640:1950
625:1940
610:1930
598:Note
593:Pop.
495:and
405:.com
270:Area
241:1926
233:1734
1559:Ono
794:or
420:in
401:www
380:717
348:DST
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