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- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Junction, Idaho
- ↑ Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 53.
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
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