Taxes
Taxes came into play in the 1960s, but still were not enough to provide adequate services to the small community of fewer than 5,000 people. Fundraisers were still needed until the late 1970s when the population boomed. The county's population nearly doubled between 1970 and 1980 along with the Zoneton community.
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