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787:County seat
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1041:Townships
956:Nescopeck
876:Courtdale
871:Conyngham
817:Nanticoke
627:August 4,
518:, 24.66%
350:Geography
344:Bob Casey
304:replaced
227:FIPS code
193:Time zone
1558:Waterton
1448:Humboldt
1433:Ebervale
1343:Sheatown
1297:Lattimer
1292:Inkerman
1282:Hilldale
1272:Harleigh
1184:Plymouth
1174:Pittston
1149:Kingston
1109:Franklin
1099:Fairview
1084:Dorrance
1079:Dennison
976:Plymouth
966:Nuangola
931:Kingston
911:Freeland
848:Boroughs
822:Pittston
812:Hazleton
637:cite web
540:Hispanic
530:, 0.02%
526:, 0.90%
522:, 0.11%
294:sawmills
44:Township
1423:Drifton
1408:Breslau
1363:Wanamie
1169:Newport
1144:Jenkins
1139:Jackson
1129:Hunlock
1114:Hanover
1026:Wyoming
981:Pringle
951:Luzerne
686:June 4,
337:Senator
306:logging
302:farming
270:History
236:Website
115:Luzerne
88:Country
1563:Zenith
1533:Suscon
1483:Lehman
1478:Kunkle
1413:Cambra
1373:Weston
1333:Plains
1287:Hudson
1224:Wright
1204:Slocum
1179:Plains
1159:Lehman
1104:Foster
1089:Exeter
1074:Dallas
1064:Butler
936:Laflin
901:Exeter
891:Duryea
886:Dupont
881:Dallas
856:Ashley
804:Cities
544:Latino
511:census
425:Census
166:4,761
110:County
1463:Japan
1428:Drums
1393:Alden
1252:Chase
1214:Union
1199:Salem
1119:Hazle
926:Jeddo
861:Avoca
528:Asian
516:White
493:4,789
480:4,761
465:4,646
450:4,453
365:PA 29
360:Chase
288:(the
221:(EDT)
219:UTC-4
198:UTC-5
179:4,789
98:State
1234:CDPs
1194:Ross
1189:Rice
1154:Lake
1059:Buck
713:2008
688:2016
649:help
629:2022
595:2017
498:0.6%
485:2.5%
476:2020
470:4.3%
461:2010
446:2000
434:Note
429:Pop.
332:for
243:.gov
129:Area
124:1844
542:or
212:DST
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