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1535:communities
1512:Vale Summit
1372:Clarysville
1342:Barrelville
1322:Westernport
1239:County seat
1179:January 31,
1154:January 25,
1096:January 25,
976:2000 census
928:2010 census
504:Leo Mazzone
435:2010 census
415:Westernport
180: /
142:Westernport
112:Westernport
25:Westernport
1636:Categories
1599:Town Creek
1549:Bellegrove
1507:Spring Gap
1452:Midlothian
1427:Grahamtown
1412:Flintstone
1382:Cresaptown
1307:Lonaconing
1266:Cumberland
1246:Cumberland
1012:References
932:As of the
486:Cumberland
395:feature ID
303:Population
168:79°02′34″W
165:39°29′17″N
1407:Ellerslie
1271:Frostburg
1032:April 26,
640:Frostburg
522:Geography
506:, former
467:flatboats
383:FIPS code
359:ZIP codes
325:Time zone
295:Elevation
1569:McKenzie
1517:Woodland
1497:Rawlings
1467:National
1432:Klondike
1417:Franklin
1387:Danville
954:Hispanic
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387:24-82750
376:301, 240
244:Allegany
225:Maryland
1554:Dickens
1544:Amcelle
1522:Zihlman
1482:Oldtown
1447:McCoole
1422:Gilmore
1397:Detmold
1347:Bel Air
1317:Midland
1129:June 4,
948:, 0.1%
944:, 0.5%
656:Oakland
586:Climate
441:History
403:Website
398:2391482
250:Settled
194:Country
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1457:Moscow
1437:LaVale
1392:Dawson
1367:Carlos
1302:Barton
1257:Cities
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958:Latino
934:census
901:−10.3%
886:−14.3%
856:−12.9%
841:−12.7%
781:−13.5%
676:Census
648:Keyser
469:where
232:County
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1589:Pinto
1533:Other
1502:Shaft
1477:Ocean
1472:Nikep
1293:Towns
950:Asian
942:White
916:−4.0%
911:1,812
896:1,888
881:2,104
871:−9.3%
866:2,454
851:2,706
836:3,106
821:3,559
811:−3.8%
806:3,431
791:3,565
776:3,440
766:47.2%
761:3,977
751:35.2%
746:2,702
736:30.9%
731:1,998
716:1,526
701:1,468
459:Paris
364:21562
353:(EDT)
351:UTC-4
330:UTC-5
311:1,812
212:State
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1333:CDPs
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1181:2008
1156:2013
1131:2015
1098:2013
1067:ISBN
1034:2022
907:2020
892:2010
877:2000
862:1990
847:1980
832:1970
826:3.7%
817:1960
802:1950
796:3.6%
787:1940
772:1930
757:1920
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727:1900
721:4.0%
712:1890
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