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The result was delete. Tone 16:22, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Barnett Springs, Kentucky[edit]

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I found this one to be a very confusing case. There's no Barnett Springs described in Rennick's Adair County directory, although his index refers to it as a locale; locales generally fail WP:GEOLAND. Topos show three isolated buildings. GNIS states that Barnett Springs was also known as May, and cites that to Rennick, but Rennick doesn't make a connection between May and Barnett Springs. Instead, May is said to be another name of Parson, Kentucky, which was just a post office in a store with Mr. May being the postmaster. Newspapers.com didn't bring up anything meaningful for Barnett Springs for me, and neither did Google books. Google just brought up the standard automated pages created for every GNIS entry and some WP mirrors. I'm not seeing any indication this site ever had legal recognition, and the connection to May/Parson seems pretty tenuous. WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG don't seem to be met. Hog Farm _Bacon 23:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 23:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 23:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Having never been legally recognized it fails WP:GEOLAND Jeepday (talk) 18:27, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:41, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom and WP:V. Bearian (talk) 17:56, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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