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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). "Jeffersontown". The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 442. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. OCLC 247857447.
- ↑ The Jeffersonian, Jeffersontown, KY: The Jeffersonian Publishing Co. (Inc.), December 5, 1940, p. 2
- 1 2 3 The Jeffersonian, Jeffersontown, KY: The Jeffersonian Publishing Co. (Inc.), December 5, 1940, p. 1
- ↑ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society Vol. 13, No. 37, Frankfort, KY: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1915, p. 92
- 1 2 3 4 Kentucky Division of Geographic Information Poster