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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Manitou, North Dakota
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.
- ↑ "Mountrail County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
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