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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puss Cuss Creek
- ↑ Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8173-0410-2.
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