Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dryden, Missouri


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The result was delete. czar 05:56, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Dryden, Missouri

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I'm inclined to think this was just a fourth-class post office, not a community. The Ramsay source says A post office ten miles northeast of Doniphan, established by Daniel Fagan and kept in his home. A Dr. Douglas, relative of the Fagans, suggested the name for a lawyer, Nathaniel Dryden, then a member of the legislature. Searching is surprisingly noisy, but I'm getting a couple results from 1891 and 1892 related to the establishment of a fourth-class post office and the appointment of a postmaster. A few of these Missouri ones in the past have proved to just be isolated post offices with no communities. FWIW, topos show nothing here and GNIS is sourced to "New World War Chart - Map of Missouri", which is probably a bad sign. Hog Farm Talk 05:09, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 05:09, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 05:09, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Baldwin and Thomas' 1854 Gazetteer does not have it, but it does have three other Drydens. Robert Allen Campbell's 1875 Gazetteer of Missouri has a Dryden near Troy, almost the other side of the state, population 50, 1 store, 1 church.  The 1895 Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World has just two Drydens, neither this one.  Interestingly, the 1990 The National Gazetteer of the United States of America is back to three Drydens again, none this one.  I cannot find this Dryden anywhere.  Uncle G (talk) 06:15, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  10:20, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment There's a Dryden Cemetery, near Purdin, FWIW... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 11:43, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Given that that Dryden Cemetery is on the other side of the state from this one, I think it's safe to say it's unrelated. Hog Farm Talk 13:05, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Long distance facility? ;) Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete no evidence of notability (t &#183; c)  buidhe  04:22, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


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