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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Benmore, Utah
- 1 2 3 Gillie, Tim. "100 years ago Benmore preempted Rush Valley's new school « Tooele Transcript Bulletin – News in Tooele, Utah" . Retrieved 2023-09-15.
- ↑ "Post Offices" . Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ↑ "Homestead ruins tell story of Benmore". Deseret News. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
- ↑ The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10. 1918. p. 13.
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