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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snakebite Township, Bertie County, North Carolina
- ↑ "Man bit the snake so it must be news". The Milwaukee Journal. Feb 20, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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