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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gringo Gulch
- ↑ Monmonier, Mark (2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0226534640.
Coordinates: 31°33′56″N110°46′35″W / 31.56556°N 110.77639°W