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- 1 2 "Georgia Official and Statistical Register, 1977-1978" (PDF). Georgia Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ↑ "Georgia Official and Statistical Register 1983-1984" (PDF). Georgia Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 3, 2022.