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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Bay, Arkansas
- ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Arkansas County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 24, 2018.
- ↑ "General Highway Map Arkansas County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2021-02-25. - See Stinking Bay on the map.
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