Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McKinley, West Virginia


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  07:13, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

McKinley, West Virginia

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Not convinced that this one represents a notable location. Represented on the 1906 topographic maps as a single building, and the name is gone on the next one. Does not appear in Hammill's fairly thorough 1940 directory of historic West Virginia place names. An old USGS publication lists no McKinley in Wood County, but just a McKinley school (Wood county is county code 54107) An Arcadia Press book for Wood County  mentions the McKinley School, but makes it clear that this is not equivalent to that school, as the site of McKinley itself is out in the middle of the woods, while the school was in town. I found an 1897 reference to a McKinley Coal Company operating in WV, but it was based out of Pennsylvania and cannot be connected to this site. I did find a reference to the McKinley Central Church in Wood County, and the Central Church does appear on topos as a stand-alone building a little to the south of the name of McKinley. Searching is very difficult because of the president, the school, and some old residents of Wood County having this last name, but I'm not seeing enough for a GNG pass here. Hog Farm Talk 21:36, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 21:36, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 21:36, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * I concur. I found the church too, mentioned merely as a referent for the location of a fossil discovery.  Its graveyard is still there in aerial photographs, but with just the name "Central Church" attached now.  Uncle G (talk) 23:22, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 15:27, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Uncle G. Vaticidalprophet 16:31, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. EpicPupper 18:16, 19 April 2021 (UTC)


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