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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:14, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Seems to be some sort of lakeside resort, not a town [1]. In the article are GNIS, which does a poor job of classifying what type of entity a name represents, a highway map, which seems to show a bunch of RV parks and stuff, and a source that is referring to a creek, not a town. Mostly only finding passing mentions of a Blue Branch Road, which goes through a lakeside RV park-type thing. In no way passes WP:GNG, and I'm finding no evidence this was a legally recognized community, which would pass WP:GEOLAND. Possibly part of White Branch, Missouri or Warsaw, Missouri. Hog Farm _Bacon 20:35, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 20:35, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 20:35, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Does not pass WP:GEOLAND as a populated, legally recognized place Wm335td (talk) 20:55, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge into county entry per my post on Sagrada: there's no reason why a suitably-motivated person wouldn't be capable of finding out more about the place, the GNIS entry and historical records pretty reliably establish that the place does/did exist, obviously not a hoax or contentious in any way -- nobody's going to get misled by this article existing whether it's an article unto itself or a subsection of another page. jp×g 05:25, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I think it would probably have been better to BUNDLE these nominations, since they all proceed from the same general premises, and arguments that are valid for one will be valid similarly for the others. jp×g 05:25, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• This is wrong, please see WP:GNIS for just a few of the many, many examples where the GNIS inaccurately labeled something as "populated place". A populated place is still not automatically a notable community either. There is nothing worth mentioning in the county article about this; what is misleading is undue weight about a resort or RV park. Reywas92^Talk 22:39, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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