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References
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smith Fork
- ↑ History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Southern Historical Press. 1886. p. 829.
- ↑ https://waterdata.usgs.gov/tn/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=03424730&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw
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