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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lazer Creek
- 1 2 Goff, John H. (1 December 2007). Placenames of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-8203-3129-4.
- ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.