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- ↑ Warren Upham (2001). Minnesota Place Names (3rd ed.). St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 387.
- ↑ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book. p. 182.
- ↑ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-Alanson B. Vaughn
