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The result was delete. —⁠ScottyWong⁠— 21:14, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A grain elevator sitting by itself with a faint line running diagonally across the fields: yes, it's another Milwaukee Road station, the end of the same branch line that served Packard, in fact. You can even see the traces of the turning wye just southeast of the elevator. What you won't see is any traces of a town. Mangoe (talk) 01:51, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:10, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:10, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: It certainly existed as a rural community in the way many early 20th American farming communities used to exist, but whether its notable I haven't dug any.[1][2]--Milowent • ^hasspoken 13:04, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - No in-depth RS coverage that would meet WP:GEOLAND or WP:GNG. –dlthewave ☎ 04:48, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep In addition to the above sources, I can confirm that it was a small community, sometimes called Marcellus Grange: [3] [4] [5] [6]. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 18:23, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FYI the Grange is a national farmers' association that also sponsors social events; apparently there was a chapter at Marcellus. Do you feel that these passing mentions are sufficient to meet GNG, which requires direct in-depth coverage of the topic, or are you saying that simply confirming the existence of a community is enough? –dlthewave ☎ 03:06, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, from what I saw, the grange in this case was a farm supply place a la Southern States. Mangoe (talk) 03:50, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - The simple existence of a community is not enough for it to be kept. WP:GEOLAND#1 requires "legal recognition", but there is no evidence of that in this case (it would require e.g., incorporation, or some other process of law). A post office does not confer legal recognition - these were (and are) often just co-located with stations and stores, and may be mobile. WP:GNG requires at least two instances of WP:SIGCOV which there just aren't in this case - a story that says nothing about the place except that it is so small it barely exists is not significant coverage. Community announcements, where the people being talked about were the source of the information being provided, and the community is just mentioned in passing, are also not significant coverage.

We do not have articles about places that no encyclopaedia article can be written about. This is exactly such a place. FOARP (talk) 14:57, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Does not pass WP:GEOLAND, for reasons explained above. ––FormalDude ^talk 01:50, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• The nearest populated place appears to be Tokio, Washington. I suppose it could be mentioned in that article as a nearby former railroad stop. BD2412 T 07:24, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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