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300:Wood County
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1478:Categories
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1354:Bakerville
1246:Marshfield
1201:Auburndale
1147:Auburndale
1108:Pittsville
1097:Marshfield
679:References
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361:44°28′52″N
276:feature ID
176:Population
59:44°28′52″N
1440:Footnotes
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1261:Remington
1251:Milladore
1162:Milladore
926:April 23,
900:April 30,
855:March 30,
698:August 7,
364:89°58′3″W
350:Geography
304:Wisconsin
264:FIPS code
206:Time zone
168:Elevation
121:Wisconsin
62:89°58′3″W
1369:Cranmoor
1281:Saratoga
1216:Cranmoor
1134:Villages
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340:platted
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314:History
284:Website
279:1576070
88:Country
33:Village
1420:Indian
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1405:Veedum
1400:Sherry
1359:Bethel
1291:Sherry
1286:Seneca
1231:Hansen
1221:Dexter
1178:Vesper
1157:Hewitt
1089:Cities
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128:County
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1236:Hiles
1196:Arpin
1188:Towns
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1142:Arpin
835:(PDF)
625:Asian
617:White
573:Asian
565:White
539:−6.2%
511:−9.5%
481:56.1%
245:54489
234:(CDT)
232:UTC-5
211:UTC-6
108:State
1311:CDPs
1301:Wood
1271:Rock
1211:Cary
1019:1928
1016:1909
980:2015
958:2012
928:2011
902:2019
857:2015
810:2008
782:2020
757:2012
729:2008
700:2020
526:7.9%
517:2010
502:2000
496:7.9%
487:1990
472:1980
466:1.1%
457:1970
451:2.6%
442:1960
427:1950
415:Note
410:Pop.
274:GNIS
139:Area
133:Wood
635:or
583:or
534:548
521:584
506:541
491:598
476:554
461:355
446:351
431:342
344:WWI
225:DST
192:548
184:584
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