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- ↑ "Cost, Texas". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Cost, Texas". TexasEscapes.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.; has photo of the monument to the Battle of Gonzales.
- ↑ Zip Code lookup Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
