Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buzzard Roost, Mississippi


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The result was delete. czar 06:02, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Buzzard Roost, Mississippi

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While this is a verifiable community per a quick Google search, I cannot verify an exact location other than Google Maps. GNIS has no entry for the community (but I am aware that GNIS does have mistakes or missed information). Community signs exist on Facebook and Pinterest, but I was unable to find any other information about the community other than its mention in a news article about storm cleanup. Dofftoubab (talk) 03:49, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mississippi-related deletion discussions. Dofftoubab (talk) 03:49, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Engr.  Smitty   Werben 04:07, 11 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Lean delete - This one's hard to search for - there were also Buzzard's Roosts in Carrollton and Natchez, apparently. this says Buzzard Roost is only a store. I found a newspapers.com result from the 90s saying that Buzzard Roost was the home of a marijuana kingpin, and another mentioning that an old highway went between Buzzard Roost and Benndale.  There was a Buzzard Roost Stand on the Natchez Trace, but that seems to have been elsewhere in the state.  I also found another news result talking about a car wreck in the area referring to it as a community. This refers to the Buzzard Roost community.  No GNIS entry for Buzzard Roost, Buzzard's Roost, or Buzzardroost in the correct county.  I found one piece in the Clarion Ledger talking about two communities named Buzzard Roost in Mississippi as part of a listicle of weird MS place names, but the page had lots of image and my internet is slow today, so I couldn't get it to load.  From what I've been able to gather, it's on Mississippi Highway 26 across the river from Benndale, at a crossroads.  Will check on the topos to see what I can find. Hog Farm Bacon 17:39, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Internet is too slow to load the most recent topos, but the ones I can get don't show much of anything across the river from Benndale (the area is a conservation tract). The source in the article just mentions a Buzzard Roost Road in the conservation tract, but nothing else.  I've seen no evidence of a legally recognized populated place, so WP:GEOLAND does not seem to be met.  Likewise, given the difficulty in finding more than just a namedrop of this place, WP:GNG does not seem to be met either.  Willing to reconsider this position if someone with more reliable internet can turn up better coverage. Hog Farm Bacon 17:54, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per : The subject is listed at George County, Mississippi and when I can I will add references there so I don't think a ATD is needed. I am all about historical locations, historical lumber towns, and railroads but at present this is a dictionary entry. There were many lumber companies in the area and this location might have had a lumber mill and possible a spur (dummy line) to Lucedale, possibly to the Mississippi Export Railroad or the old Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GeeMO) but 1922 and 1945 maps didn't show it. Earlier history might have even included floating logs down the Pascagoula River. From 1899 (608 mills), to the boom from 1904 to 1915 (Mississippi ranked third in the U.S.), but anything before 1910 would have to be from the other relevant Counties from which George County was formed. However, I could only find one source about the subject. A lot of surmising for what has not yet been found. My search only involved 16 tabs and about 40 links, so not seriously in-depth, but I could find nothing of significance at this time for a stand alone article. Otr500 (talk) 13:11, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 02:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)


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