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1107:August 29,
808:References
748:As of the
623:Cassopolis
573:85°52′44″W
570:41°59′02″N
527:85°57′17″W
524:42°00′42″N
490:85°53′46″W
487:42°02′37″N
467:Huyckstown
429:85°55′39″W
426:42°03′22″N
397:Charleston
347:U.S. state
325:feature ID
233:Population
137:85°56′21″W
134:42°01′23″N
1424:Footnotes
1371:La Grange
1281:Marcellus
1271:Jefferson
1238:Marcellus
872:March 27,
656:Geography
645:Marcellus
596:Marcellus
409:Kalamazoo
380:, a U.S.
313:FIPS code
301:Area code
255:Time zone
225:Elevation
1361:Glenwood
1276:LaGrange
1243:Vandalia
1220:Villages
1192:Dowagiac
947:, p. 218
775:Hispanic
765:, 0.26%
761:, 0.34%
757:, 2.56%
649:ZIP code
639:Dowagiac
359:Volhynia
351:Michigan
317:26-82580
178:Michigan
1396:Wakelee
1381:Pokagon
1326:Volinia
1311:Pokagon
1296:Newberg
629:Decatur
600:Newberg
557:Wakelee
550:platted
471:platted
401:platted
345:in the
328:1627203
163:Country
1316:Porter
1291:Milton
1266:Howard
1261:Calvin
1184:Cities
916:
779:Latino
750:census
678:Census
602:, and
559:is an
515:Volina
461:Weesaw
363:Poland
185:County
1391:Union
1366:Jones
1331:Wayne
1301:Ontwa
1286:Mason
1197:Niles
767:Asian
755:White
738:−1.4%
733:1,096
723:−5.3%
718:1,112
703:1,174
413:Niles
337:is a
283:(EDT)
281:UTC-4
260:UTC-5
241:1,096
173:State
1376:Penn
1306:Penn
1109:2014
914:ISBN
874:2024
838:2008
729:2020
714:2010
699:2000
687:Note
682:Pop.
604:Penn
411:and
323:GNIS
196:Area
190:Cass
777:or
349:of
341:of
306:269
274:DST
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692:%±
598:,
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