Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bakers, Kentucky


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The result was delete. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  17:00, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Bakers, Kentucky

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Not mentioned in Rennick's Caldwell County directory, but his index refers to this place as a locale (geography), the definition of which is a place without permanent human population. Thus, it fails WP:GEOLAND, as it couldn't have been a legally recognized populated place, if it was a locale, as populated places and locales are exclusive definitions under the USGS standards. Topographic maps show one to three buildings at a point on the Illinois Central railroad. Listed as a station on the Illinois Central. Geographical context suggests it is the station briefly mentioned here. Appears to be unrelated to a Baker's Station that was a British outpost in the late 1700s, which appears to have been further east in the state. This is the correct place, based on the closeness to Crider. The sum of the evidence suggests a railroad station with no accompanying community. WP:STATION is just an essay, so I won't quote it as a rationale for deletion, but it is relevant. So GEOLAND is failed, and I can't find any coverage that would qualify to push it past WP:GNG. Hog Farm Bacon 16:52, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 16:52, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 16:52, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * delete A 1930s topo shows a very short siding and probable station building; more recent maps and aerials show this vanishing, leaving nothing besides the adjoining farmstead. Interestingly the maps and aerials both show the appearance in the 1950s of an extensive quarrying operation to the southeast of the old station, which appears to provide the sole raison d'etre for continuing rail service, but the "Freedonia Valley Quarry" (for so it is labelled) fails to acknowledge its proximity to the former station. In any case there's no evidence of a town in any era. Mangoe (talk) 20:32, 22 October 2020 (UTC)


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