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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rosenburg, Nebraska
- ↑ "Nance County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- ↑ Phillips, G. W. (1915). Past and Present of Platte County, Nebraska: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. Clarke. p. 440.
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