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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brumfield, Kentucky
- ↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 85.
- ↑ "Boyle County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
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