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1264:County seat
1191:Iowa portal
1164:January 31,
769:2000 census
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744:2010 census
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1502:Categories
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1294:Blakesburg
1066:1946494003
1018:August 17,
1008:"TV Acres"
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908:August 12,
902:census.gov
845:References
410:Soap creek
375:Tom Arnold
324:Grant Wood
287:feature ID
195:Population
81:92°13′05″W
78:40°55′05″N
1464:Footnotes
1440:Dahlonega
1380:Dahlonega
1375:Competine
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1304:Eddyville
1205:City Data
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431:Education
388:Geography
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402:Ottumwa
379:Ottumwa
351:History
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152:Wapello
107:Country
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1445:Dudley
1395:Keokuk
1365:Center
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690:−15.5%
651:−14.7%
599:−13.1%
573:−14.5%
448:Agency
147:County
137:
117:
1455:Yampa
1385:Green
1350:Adams
1310:Eldon
818:House
677:−7.1%
664:−6.7%
648:1,070
638:−4.9%
635:1,255
625:−4.8%
622:1,319
612:−4.9%
609:1,386
596:1,457
586:−6.3%
583:1,676
570:1,788
560:+3.3%
557:2,091
547:+9.4%
544:2,024
534:+7.2%
531:1,850
518:1,725
456:Selma
320:House
297:Eldon
256:52554
245:(CDT)
243:UTC-5
222:UTC-6
127:State
1405:Polk
1360:Cass
1166:2008
1141:2012
1116:2015
1094:2012
1062:ISBN
1045:2022
1020:2023
960:2022
935:2023
910:2021
867:2022
713:and
709:2020
683:2020
670:2010
657:2000
644:1990
631:1980
618:1970
605:1960
592:1950
579:1940
566:1930
553:1920
540:1910
527:1900
514:1890
501:1880
489:Pop.
485:Year
458:and
373:and
305:Iowa
285:GNIS
158:Area
140:Iowa
33:City
687:783
674:927
661:998
505:729
268:641
236:DST
203:783
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