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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wrightsboro
- ↑ "History". McDuffie County. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ↑ "Wrightsborough". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ↑ "What ever happened to Wrightsboro?". McDuffie Progress. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ↑ "McDuffie County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ↑ "Augustus Romaldus Wright". Litchfield Historical Society. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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