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- ↑ "Pounds Hollow Lake". Illinois Office of Tourism. Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity . Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- 1 2 "Pounds Hollow Recreation Area". Shawnee National Forest. United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ↑ Illinois Atlas and Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. 1991. p. 91. ISBN 0-89933-213-7.