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- ↑ Christoval, SE, Texas, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kickapoo Creek (Texas)
- ↑ Texas Atlas & Gazeteer, DeLorme, 4th ed., 2001, p. 55 ISBN 0899333206
- "TPWD: An Analysis of Texas Waterways (PWD RP T3200-1047) -- Concho and Frio Rivers" . Retrieved 2015-07-27.
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
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