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Leliter, California

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In spite of being the location of a post office, everything I could find indicates it was a rail location, with one source referring to it as "Leliter siding". It was used as a staging area for construction of the California Aqueduct, and possibly there was a work camp here at the time, but not too long after that the rails were taken up. I found one site with some pictures ostensibly taken there, but all they show is an array of concrete foundations which one would expect to support structural steel posts: they suggest a water tower or hopper, not anything like commercial or residential structures. At any rate even the ghost town websites seem to simply assume this was a town rather than report any thing that shows it was a town. The ever-reliable California railroad regulators approved the closing of a non-agency station here, and that and the post office are as close as anything gets to showing this was a town, and they aren't close enough. Note that it is necessary to put the name in quotes when using Google, because otherwise it makes lots of false matches. Mangoe (talk) 06:06, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:22, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:22, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete does not meet the inclusion criteria for locations.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:51, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Multiple reliable sources describe Leliter as a populated place:

[1] - "Orand G. Siebenthal of Leliter, Kern county".
[2] - Describes Leliter as a "small cluster of homes" and "a town".
[3] - There was a school in Leliter.
[4] - A "small town" which is "steadily growing and improving".
[5] - Describes children coming from Leliter to attend school.
[6] - Describes an earthquake being felt in Leliter by an observer "sitting in a new, 1-story, stucco house". Magnolia677 (talk) 17:04, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per the excellent research by Magnolia677. Satisfies WP:NPLACE. Smartyllama (talk) 20:47, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As per all above. Current sources satisfies WP:BASIC. Akronowner (talk) 16:08, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]