Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington/GNIS cleanup/Lewis county
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Ceres, Washington PROD Deleted March 2024 reason:Not a notable location. All of the sources mentioned are either trivial mentions or are insufficient for notability (GNIS; Jim Forte). Only reference 6 approaches reliability, and it plainly states that Ceres was just a road-rail crossing with a general store, and the post office was a "pigeon cabinet" in the corner of the store. Satellite images reveal the store and railroad are both gone now, with a single farmhouse nearby. Non-notable; fails WP:GEOLAND.
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Cora, Washington Prod Reason April 2024, No mention of the place in the local papers during the time it should exist (The Daily Chronicle, The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, The Ledger). The third source (forte) is just a list of post offices, and doesn't provide proof of population center since many postoffices were in rural areas, and had names that weren't always the same as the place. GNIS (source 1) is unreliable for classification of towns. The second source provides 3 refs for this "town" [1] [2] [3]. Those sources don't mention a town of Cora, but a post office called Cora." Further research shows that the Cora post office serviced the Upper Big Bottom area of Lewis county [4] No further sources found.
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Boistfort, Washington Today it's rural, and near Ceres. The second source says it's a rural community. Meany said it was town, but said the name was given to the prairie ++
Claquato, Washington Is a Redirect. Evidence suggests this was a town. -/+ James.folsom (talk) 23:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Cowlitz Farm Meany mentions this farm, this is currently a Redirect I put it here for completeness ? James.folsom (talk) 23:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Cowlitz Landing, Washington Meany mentions this boat landing, this is a Redirect, This is solely because we have a local person who has a better idea about notability.James.folsom (talk) 23:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Curtis, Washington Evidence say unincorporated community, Meany just mentions the postoffice -/+ James.folsom (talk) 23:31, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Doty, Washington Started as factory town, seems to still be populated ? James.folsom (talk) 23:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Dryad, Washington Right next to Doty, started as mill town, seems to have persisted to modern times -/+ James.folsom (talk) 23:47, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Ethel, Washington Meany talks about the post office, but there does a appear to be a community in the spot. James.folsom (talk) 23:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Evaline, Washington Meany says loading spur and post office, current day satellite is unconvincing + James.folsom (talk) 23:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Forest, Washington Meany says it was post office located at a prairie known as newaukum prairie. The post office was only there less than a year. I'm not sure if the area is still known by this name. +++
Foran, Washington Meany says it was on a map at one time. Currently, not in WP. James.folsom (talk) 00:01, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Fords Prairie, Washington Not much of a place in Meany's day, but is know the western half of Centralia. It's a CDA and a community in Centralia. I think it would normally get redirected, but CDA... --- James.folsom (talk) 00:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Glenoma, Washington In Meany's day it was probably just a post office in valley servicing a rural population, today there is population and the area still has the name. -- James.folsom (talk) 00:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Ladd, Washington Not on google maps or on WP. Meany mentions it as a town talks about the coal mine. Not a problem unless it's notable James.folsom (talk) 00:35, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Lewis, Washington Not on google maps or on WP. Meany mentions it as a town. Not a problem unless it's notable James.folsom (talk) 00:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Lindberg, Washington Old logging camp according to Meany, location is vague. Satellite doesn't show much where it would have been. James.folsom (talk) 00:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Mayfield, Washington Meany says it's a town, the WP article makes good case for this. James.folsom (talk) 01:06, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
McCormick, Washington Old logging camp according to Meany, The WP article claims it's inhabited and ghost town. Satellite image is unsupportive of this.James.folsom (talk) 01:01, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Meskill, Washington This is in Meany, also known as Donahue. Lumber town and later quarry town. I don't where we are on old factory towns. ? James.folsom (talk) 23:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Mineral, Washington Unicorporated town, CDP Meany has it.James.folsom (talk) 01:09, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Packwood, Washington Meany didn't have this as a town, but it clearly is a developed populated area.James.folsom (talk) 01:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Silver Creek, Washington Meany says town, currently looks very rural.James.folsom (talk) 01:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Swofford, Washington This one Meany says town, but talks about the valley. Nothing there now, google maps has it labeled Swofford Valley. High probablity this was never a town. +++James.folsom (talk) 01:36, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Walville, Washington Seems to be an old town, that doesn't exist anymore, come down to sources probablyJames.folsom (talk) 01:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Wildwood, Washington Has a lot of indicators that it was always a rural area. James.folsom (talk) 01:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
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