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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain Dale, Missouri
- ↑ Seymour, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- 1 2 "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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