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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Line Creek (Flint River tributary)
- 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
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