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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mosher, South Dakota
- 1 2 Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.
- ↑ "Mellette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
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