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- ↑ "3 Things You Didn't Know about the History of Hazelwood, NC". July 22, 2021.
- ↑ Allen 1908, p. 88.
- ↑ "Remembering the day Hazelwood almost exploded".
- ↑ "Residents". The Town of Waynesville, NC. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ↑ Van Dine, Heidi K. (March 27, 1995). "Haywood towns prepare for merger". Asheville Citizen-Times. p. 2B.