Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agawam, Oklahoma


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) TheChronium  10:35, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Agawam, Oklahoma

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It seems to have failed a WP:BEFORE search, though it does exist. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 04:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 04:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:57, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - This isn't the greatest source because it's a 1920s advertisement by the company promoting the town, but it does provide some information on this place. This is a newspaper article discussing Agawam being used as a rail shipping point. Described as a "new oil town" and had town lots selling in 1923. Implied to be a community in a 1940s article about the Agawam school. This refers to Agawam as a "community defined at that time". Had a post office from 1909 to 1918.  There's also dozens of detailed Agawam School sports articles in older newspaper results on newspapers.com.  And a bunch of passing mentions of the place, even continuing into some 2020 obituaries.  I just can't find a whole lot detailing the community after the oil town was planned and the lots marked off.  Maybe others can find something clearer. [[User:Hog Farm|Hog Farm] Talk 02:24, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Using Hog Farm's newspaper clipping and other sources, I was able to source this article, though of course more could be added. Agawam had a population of 35 in 1960, according to World Book Encyclopedia, and it'd be weird for us to delete something recorded in other reference works. Firsfron of Ronchester  18:45, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  04:56, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. I see lots of small newspaper pieces with Agawam as the location at the start of the articles or as birthplaces of people, etc., and an AP article in the Waco Morning News dated 20 October 1915, reported two trains colliding there, with seven fatalities. I may clip it from newspapers.com and add it to this article later. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:46, 2 July 2021 (UTC)


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