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1428:Springbrook
1385:communities
1372:Grand Ronde
1316:McMinnville
1273:McMinnville
1266:County seat
1157:Ghost towns
1068:Buena Vista
1035:communities
1017:Grand Ronde
924:County seat
622:January 31,
594:October 12,
551:October 12,
495:other races
291:Grand Ronde
101: /
89:123°37′16″W
1504:Categories
1165:Black Rock
1123:West Salem
1108:Salt Creek
1083:Lewisville
1058:Bridgeport
954:Falls City
795:August 31,
691:August 31,
532:References
473:As of the
466:As of the
309:counties,
297:(CDP) and
281:feature ID
189:Population
86:45°04′25″N
1466:Footnotes
1433:Wheatland
1413:Riverside
1408:Lunnville
1366:Fort Hill
1331:Willamina
1311:Lafayette
1184:Footnotes
1170:Ellendale
1103:Perrydale
1093:Modeville
1023:Rickreall
1011:Fort Hill
975:Willamina
770:April 23,
485:, 25.83%
405:Willamina
373:Geography
344:Dawes Act
269:FIPS code
257:Area code
211:Time zone
181:Elevation
1438:Whiteson
1403:Hopewell
1393:Bellevue
1326:Sheridan
1048:Ballston
964:Monmouth
744:March 7,
499:Hispanic
489:, 2.95%
273:41-30300
245:ZIP code
1423:Shipley
1337:Yamhill
1321:Newberg
1296:Carlton
1175:Valsetz
1073:Crowley
851:June 4,
712:. 1922.
649:. USGS.
389:Climate
333:History
307:Yamhill
284:2408316
146:Yamhill
115:Country
1306:Dundee
1301:Dayton
1283:Cities
1053:Bethel
1043:Airlie
949:Dallas
941:Cities
931:Dallas
503:Latino
475:census
468:census
425:Census
363:Oregon
323:census
315:French
311:Oregon
144:&
137:County
130:Oregon
1383:Other
1291:Amity
1113:Suver
1098:Pedee
1088:McCoy
1078:Derry
969:Salem
789:(PDF)
685:(PDF)
678:(PDF)
491:Asian
483:White
450:2,010
293:is a
250:97347
239:(PDT)
237:UTC-7
216:UTC-8
197:2,010
125:State
46:(CDP)
1358:CDPs
1128:Zena
1006:Eola
998:CDPs
853:2016
797:2016
772:2011
746:2014
693:2016
624:2008
596:2022
553:2022
446:2020
434:Note
429:Pop.
353:The
305:and
303:Polk
279:GNIS
152:Area
142:Polk
501:or
301:in
262:503
230:DST
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