Talk:Castle Hill (Virginia)

Nearest City
The nearest city has been listed as Cismont, VA. But that's not a city—that's not even a town—but just a spot on the map. There's a closer spot on the map, of the same size as Cismont, and that's Cash Corner. (WP:NOR but, nota bene, I live next door to Castle Hill, on land that was once part of the estate.) So if we're going to go with something o that scale, Cash Corner would be the one to go with. But looking at the template documentation, it specifies the use of "location" for the "city in which NRHP is located," and for "nearest_city," "if NRHP is located in a mostly rural area, this parameter should be used instead of location." Given that Castle Hill is in a rural area, we can see that specifying the nearest city as Cismont or Cash Corner would be incorrect ("...should be used instead of..."). The purpose of this, presumably, is to provide the location of a city (not a village, not a town, but a city) so that people who do not live in the area can be provided with a point of reference. I'd thought that Gordonsville would be appropriate, but that's not a city, but a town. So that leaves Charlottesville, which is logical, assuming that the purpose is, again, to provide a known location for people not familiar with the region.

That's the logic behind my choice of Charlottesville. I hope that makes sense. --WaldoJ (talk) 04:22, 14 February 2010 (UTC)