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1598:Honey Creek
1575:communities
1411:Knightstown
1331:County seat
1068:February 2,
1046:. pp.
1000:January 31,
917:Hoosier Gym
895:during the
830:Timmy Brown
729:2000 census
703:other races
669:2010 census
337:Hoosier Gym
316:Rush County
300:Knightstown
88: /
1705:Categories
1628:Mount Lawn
1588:Grant City
1558:New Lisbon
1495:Greensboro
1485:Fall Creek
1475:Blue River
1447:Springport
1421:Middletown
1416:Lewisville
1401:Greensboro
1356:New Castle
1338:New Castle
927:References
904:Recreation
819:Monte Blue
733:As of the
673:As of the
280:feature ID
184:Population
76:85°31′52″W
73:39°47′45″N
1667:Footnotes
1658:Woodville
1638:Raysville
1593:Hillsboro
1553:Millville
1525:Spiceland
1510:Jefferson
1467:Townships
1442:Spiceland
1426:Mooreland
1232:"My Site"
946:March 16,
797:Education
383:Geography
268:FIPS code
256:Area code
206:Time zone
176:Elevation
1653:Van Nuys
1563:Westwood
1500:Harrison
1490:Franklin
1452:Straughn
1396:Dunreith
1201:March 7,
1122:July 17,
912:Hoosiers
756:Hispanic
750:, 0.09%
746:, 0.09%
742:, 0.42%
707:Hispanic
332:Hoosiers
272:18-40266
244:ZIP code
136:Township
1623:Messick
1583:Ashland
1520:Prairie
1515:Liberty
1436:Shirley
1406:Kennard
1144:June 4,
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344:History
312:Indiana
288:Website
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117:Indiana
102:Country
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862:, and
817:Actor
760:Latino
735:census
711:Latino
675:census
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402:Census
371:, and
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124:County
1633:Ogden
1608:Luray
1573:Other
1535:Wayne
1505:Henry
1391:Cadiz
1378:Towns
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740:White
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683:White
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249:46148
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141:Wayne
129:Henry
112:State
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1545:CDPs
1348:City
1262:2010
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1171:2012
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648:2020
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627:4.9%
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588:1980
573:1970
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552:7.0%
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