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- ↑ Map of Northwest Alabama Area-alabama.hometownlocator.com/al/colbert/riverton.cfm
- ↑ Ed Vengrouskie (1999). Colbert County Alabama History - History of the Northwest Corner of Alabama. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ alcolber/hist-nwal.htm