Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Bayou, Mississippi


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  03:42, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Black Bayou, Mississippi

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No evidence of a community with this name at this location; appears to be another GNIS transcription error. 1930s topos show only a "Black Bayou Sch." (school) along a body of water called Black Bayou. –dlthewave ☎ 21:25, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 21:25, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mississippi-related deletion discussions. –dlthewave ☎ 21:25, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - There was a Black Bayou of some significance during the Steele's Bayou expedition in the Civil War/War Between the States, but I don't think this is the same place. Hog Farm Talk 00:32, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:47, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination.TH1980 (talk) 00:53, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: Topo maps do show a Black Bayou Junction and a Black Bayou School near the Black Bayou. This gazetteer website says that there's a reference to it in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895) and a 1911 map. While I can totally believe that this is a nonsense GNIS stub, it seems like some more research would be helpful. jp×g 22:42, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm thinking this is a non-notable railway station, so WP:STATION applies GBooks lists it in a shipping guide and topos have that location next to the Illinois Central Railroad. The nearby Black Bayou Bridge is possibly where Emmett Till's body was dumped.   The bridge is possibly notable, but this article is about somewhere else that probably was only a station.  Newspapers.com had nothing indicating that anyone lived or died at this location, though searching is a bit tricky.  I did not find notable (or really any) coverage nor did I find legal recognition so WP:GEOLAND is not met.  Cxbrx (talk) 13:45, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per Czbrx, since it looks like the source analysis I talked about has come in... jp×g 21:42, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete it doesn't meet WP:GEOLAND Idunnox3 (talk) 23:06, 26 August 2021 (UTC)


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