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1663:Spring City
1613:Christopher
1585:communities
1573:West Benton
1563:Shoal Creek
1344:County seat
1024:January 31,
804:other races
773:2000 census
747:other races
713:2010 census
308:Seneca was
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1735:Categories
1673:Sweetwater
1480:Stark City
1445:Loma Linda
1291:Census map
1205:"Homepage"
996:August 28,
961:References
777:As of the
717:As of the
375:Lost Creek
273:feature ID
170:Population
74:94°36′34″W
71:36°50′40″N
1697:Footnotes
1568:Van Buren
1528:Five Mile
1500:Townships
1490:Wentworth
841:Education
369:Geography
314:Civil War
261:FIPS code
249:Area code
203:Time zone
162:Elevation
1668:Spurgeon
1638:McElhany
1553:Newtonia
1533:Franklin
1450:Newtonia
1417:Villages
1374:Fairview
1068:Archived
808:Hispanic
798:, 0.09%
794:, 0.23%
790:, 6.56%
786:, 0.09%
751:Hispanic
420:Oklahoma
379:Oklahoma
291:Missouri
265:29-66674
237:ZIP code
115:Missouri
1603:Berwick
1598:Belfast
1518:Buffalo
1513:Berwick
1465:Saginaw
1460:Ritchey
1440:Leawood
1369:Diamond
1284:at the
1237:June 5,
1211:June 5,
1189:July 8,
1164:July 8,
741:, 0.1%
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733:, 8.0%
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304:History
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1653:Racine
1648:Pepsin
1623:Hornet
1558:Seneca
1548:Neosho
1543:Marion
1538:Granby
1523:Dayton
1508:Benton
1485:Stella
1395:Seneca
1390:Neosho
1384:Joplin
1379:Granby
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391:Neosho
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127:Newton
122:County
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1628:Jolly
1618:Gregg
1593:Aroma
796:Asian
784:White
739:Asian
727:White
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669:13.3%
664:2,135
649:1,885
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499:1,101
489:33.3%
424:US 60
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242:64865
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229:UTC-5
208:UTC-6
178:2,230
110:State
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1265:2012
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1134:ISBN
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