Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gilead, Iowa


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The result was delete. Can be redirected if desired.  Sandstein  09:33, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Gilead, Iowa

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Another Iowa post office, with the usual Poland China reference (and a bunch of false hits on shorthorns) but no trace on the topos. What the maps do show is a single farm. Mangoe (talk) 02:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete with no prejudice for future recreation if better sourcing can be found. While WP:GEOLAND gives this WP:N based on the text of the article, as the nominator notes, it fails WP:V. Chetsford (talk) 06:29, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iowa-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The ghost towns WWW page, which is itself a ghost, stated outright that this was a post office, not an "unincorporated community". It's supposedly in Grove Township, Adair County, Iowa as of 1900 according to that source; but the 1914 History of Adair county by Kilburn has no mention of a Gilead anywhere.  The map pin from the GNIS coördinates actually places it in Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa, but that doesn't change it not being in the History.  I suspect the accuracy of the dead ghost towns source because of its misidentification of the township.  Polk's 1918 Iowa State Gazetteer confirms that this was "a discontinued postoffice in Adair county".  There seems to be nothing else discoverable about it.  This is not notable.  Uncle G (talk) 03:20, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa (where it was, according to the 1901 plat map), with mention of the post office establishment. There's no doubt Gilead was a post office, but even the most detailed plat maps from the early 1900s show only a post office there, and houses scattered a half a mile apart. There aren't even two houses near one another. No-one has called this anything but a post office.  Firsfron of Ronchester  06:14, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Question Is it really necessary to delete it or redirect it? People searching for it will be pleased to find a Wiki article on it, and to learn about the post office. Plus the lack of information is informative in its own way. Dr. Universe (talk) 05:31, 27 May 2021 (UTC)


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