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1226:Owensville
850:References
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312:feature ID
216:Population
174:Henry Haub
98:87°34′31″W
95:38°12′14″N
1460:Footnotes
1423:Warrenton
1418:Snake Run
1402:Oatsville
1246:Townships
1211:Haubstadt
1206:Francisco
1166:Princeton
1148:Princeton
869:March 16,
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772:Education
430:Geography
426:in 2000.
424:Darmstadt
420:Princeton
398:in 1984.
348:Haubstadt
300:FIPS code
238:Time zone
208:Elevation
170:Named for
18:Haubstadt
1428:Wheeling
1317:Buckskin
1264:Columbia
1216:Hazleton
1082:March 7,
1003:July 17,
846:racing.
739:Hispanic
729:, 0.07%
725:, 0.07%
690:Hispanic
304:18-32512
293:812, 930
276:ZIP code
158:Township
1413:Skelton
1352:Douglas
1347:Dongola
1322:Johnson
1269:Johnson
1025:June 4,
680:, 0.2%
676:, 0.2%
672:, 0.6%
410:-based
374:History
360:Indiana
315:2396991
163:Johnson
139:Indiana
124:Country
1397:Mounts
1387:McGary
1372:Gudgel
1357:Durham
1289:Wabash
1279:Patoka
1259:Center
1254:Barton
1231:Patoka
1221:Mackey
1158:Cities
823:Sports
792:9-12:
743:Latino
718:census
694:Latino
662:census
456:Census
151:Gibson
146:County
1332:Other
1284:Union
1193:Towns
1076:(PDF)
1069:(PDF)
836:US 41
782:K-8:
731:Asian
723:White
682:Asian
670:White
631:1,638
616:1,577
601:1,529
586:1,455
576:18.6%
571:1,389
561:13.8%
556:1,171
546:15.1%
541:1,029
531:17.3%
516:13.1%
281:47639
264:UTC-5
243:UTC-6
224:1,638
134:State
1377:King
1367:Giro
1309:CDPs
1084:2018
1052:2012
1027:2015
1005:2015
913:2008
871:2022
842:and
636:3.9%
627:2020
621:3.1%
612:2010
606:5.1%
597:2000
591:4.8%
582:1990
567:1980
552:1970
537:1960
522:1950
507:1940
492:1930
477:1880
465:Note
460:Pop.
418:and
390:The
310:GNIS
179:Area
44:Town
951:351
741:or
692:or
526:894
511:762
496:674
481:278
268:CDT
257:DST
247:CST
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1129:,
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879:^
470:%±
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366:,
358:,
1404:‡
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1109:t
1102:v
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