Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willowville, Missouri

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The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Willowville, Missouri

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Likely GNIS error. State historical society calls it a "small trading point" (read small store). It was founded in 1905, so no need to check the 1886 topo. 1939 topo only shows three buildings. Essentially the same on the 1991 topo. Google maps shows a couple farms with some outbuildings. WP:GEOLAND requires it to be a Populated, legally recognized places to get automatic notability, but the GNIS census code of U6 is for places without legal recognition. This book looks WP:SPS by the author, so it's not likely WP:RS. Namedrop here, but it's another SPS family history. Just a database entry there. It's a little sad this has to go, since I'm from a rural area, and know plenty of small towns kinda like this one, but it fails GEOLAND by not being legally recognized as a community and failing WP:GNG. Hog Farm _Bacon 14:34, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 14:34, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 14:34, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

• merge any verifiable info into the county article, list of populated places, per WP:NGEO. Staszek Lem (talk) 15:53, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
  • We just know the coordinates and that it was named for a grove of willow trees. That's it. GNIS is not a reliable source for if something's a "populated place" or not. It's been demonstrated to be wrong many times. Hog Farm _Bacon 16:00, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
• Delete Not a community and nothing else to indicate notability. Glendoremus (talk) 03:29, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

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