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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bel, Louisiana[edit]

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Unsourced but apparently a GNIS dump, it appears to be a rail spot along the old MOPAC line, not a settlement Mangoe (talk) 18:54, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Louisiana. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:02, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
More likely it is where the Bel Oil company drilled for oil in Clear Creek in Allen Parish in the 1950s and 1960s, or some other Bel-related thing that happened to get dotted before GNIS phase 1. Ironically, we could probably have an article on J. A. Bel/John Albert Bel and his turn of the 20th century lumber business, and later Estate and Oil companies. There are at least 2 paywalled biographies out there that can be used to start such an article off. But this isn't it, or even the beginnings of it.
The article creating account is a sockpuppet of 123lilbrad (talk · contribs), by the way, who gave us quite a few "unincorporated community"s over several accounts and whose contributions were generally substandard, to put it mildly. There is quite a lot of deleted GNIS rubbish in the accounts's deleted edits already.
Uncle G (talk) 21:07, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This page has been tagged as unsourced since 2013. The "community" doesn't show up in census data or other place-based searches. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 22:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Google Earth shows nothing there. United States Geological Survey maps dating back to 1947 show a place on the highway named Bel but never more than 5 buildings. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 05:32, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Looked at soil maps on sheets 47 and 48 of "Soil Survey of Allen Parish, Louisiana" by the Soil Conservation Service (1980). They lack any text, symbology, and visible infrastructure (roads and buildings) indicative of a populated place. go see Soil Survey of Allen Parish, Louisiana. and Internet Archive PDF file.

The 1952, 1:62,500, geologic map in "Geology of Beauregard and Allen Parishes" by Holland, W.C., Hough, L.W., and Murray, G.E. (Louisiana Geological Survey) shows a place on US 190 named "Bel" at the given coordinates west of Reeves, Louisiana. Unlike Reeves, this map does not show any streets associated with it. Bel is shown as just a name on a map. This publication also makes reference to Bel Oil Corporation and a few of their oil and gas wells.

In the historic archives of newspapers.com, there are about 3,347 matches for "Bel" in Allen Parish County, Louisiana, in the "Oakdale Journal" and "Kinder Progress." The best that I can tell, they are references to persons, businesses, and local roads named "Bel." Could not find a populated place named "Bel" in this archive. Paul H. (talk) 17:22, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.