Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deadwood, Butte County, California

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:56, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deadwood, Butte County, California

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This is a bit of an odd case. The topos do not show a place name here until the 1978 edition, but there was something here, much earlier: the Deadwood Hotel/Sanitarium. This snippet of family history explains how the place came to be, and there are a few pictures of it about. But it doesn't seem to have been a town; it is associates with Concow to the south, and to help confuse matters, there is another Deadwood in Placer County which is far better known. I can't find anything that talks about it as a town, and the sanitarium, while it is documented, doesn't come across as notable. Mangoe (talk) 03:20, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 03:22, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 03:22, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This photo shows several buildings suggesting a settlement. I found several references in old books which implies that there was a townsite, however small. I'm wondering if it's a ghost town or currently a small hamlet. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 15:18, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That is specifically a photo of the hotel/sanitarium mentioned above; it is one of a couple I came across. But I don't see how it testifies to a town surrounding these structures. At present, there is a single, largish house at the location, according to GMaps, and the aerial view suggests a modern ranch-style house. Mangoe (talk) 15:34, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which books mention a townsite? –dlthewave ☎ 18:01, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I may have been unclear. I didn't find any specific references to a townsite, rather I found several sources like [1] [2] that I assumed there was a townsite. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Deadwood does show up on the oldest available topos between 1891 and 1895 (around the end of the sanitarium era), then disappears until the 1970s. Nom's source confirms that this was a sanitarium; even if there was a townsite here at one time, its mere existence does not establish notability. Does not meet WP:GEOLAND since this is not an officially recognized place and has not received sufficient coverage to meet GNG. –dlthewave ☎ 18:01, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No evidence it was ever anything more than a hotel/sanitarium on ranch property. Nothing says it was a town. Glendoremus (talk) 03:46, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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