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- ↑ staff. "HEMBRIE, TEXAS". Texas Escapes. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Post Office Department". National Archives and Records Administration. May 9, 1902. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ↑ Crockett County Historical Society (1976). History of Crockett County. Anchor.
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