Wrights is an

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in Wrights Township, Greene County,

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, United States. Wrights is northwest of

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and has a

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with ZIP code 62098.ZIP Code Lookup
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Notable person

*The agricultural and railroad

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, Roy Vernon Scott, retired from

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, was born in Wrights in 1927.

References

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