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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kiowa, Nebraska
- ↑ "Thayer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 139. ISBN 0-8032-5060-6. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
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