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996:August 23,
884:August 22,
855:August 22,
769:August 22,
746:References
670:As of the
417:grist mill
376:Lost River
329:Carl Barks
293:feature ID
201:Population
148:Government
1347:Gilchrist
1257:Chiloquin
1084:(2003) .
874:"Merrill"
365:Tule Lake
343:Geography
281:FIPS code
269:Area code
251:(Pacific)
223:Time zone
193:Elevation
76:42°1′32″N
1417:Hatfield
1327:Crescent
1302:Altamont
696:Hispanic
369:Portland
357:Tulelake
285:41-47700
257:ZIP code
1498:Shevlin
1468:Midland
1458:Lorella
1322:Chemult
1272:Merrill
1252:Bonanza
1170:in the
1028:5436491
686:, 1.5%
682:, 0.1%
656:Source:
423:Economy
410:History
394:Climate
382:in the
303:Merrill
296:1124069
232:Pacific
132:Klamath
105:Country
25:Merrill
1503:Worden
1478:Odessa
1463:Malone
1423:Henley
1397:Algoma
1307:Beatty
1244:Cities
1123:
1098:
1026:
965:
700:Latino
672:census
576:−10.2%
531:111.8%
501:−40.7%
486:497.0%
441:Census
311:Oregon
127:County
120:Oregon
62:Oregon
1508:Yonna
1483:Olene
1412:Hager
1407:Dairy
1382:Other
1267:Malin
680:White
651:−2.7%
636:−5.9%
591:12.0%
561:−3.7%
546:28.9%
516:29.1%
262:97633
249:UTC-7
228:UTC-8
155:Mayor
115:State
1453:Lenz
1433:Kirk
1352:Keno
1294:CDPs
1152:2014
1121:ISBN
1096:ISBN
1053:2013
1024:OCLC
998:2013
963:ISBN
938:2008
912:2008
886:2013
857:2013
818:2022
793:2022
771:2013
642:2020
627:2010
621:7.2%
612:2000
606:3.5%
597:1990
582:1980
567:1970
552:1960
537:1950
522:1940
507:1930
492:1920
477:1910
462:1900
450:Note
445:Pop.
374:The
363:and
291:GNIS
164:Area
143:1903
33:City
1392:Ady
1317:Bly
698:or
646:821
631:844
616:897
601:837
586:809
571:722
556:804
541:835
526:648
511:306
496:237
481:400
274:541
242:DST
209:821
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