Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mercer, Iowa


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The result was redirect to Mercer Township, Adams County, Iowa. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:54, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Mercer, Iowa

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This one is quite a mess, first of all because whoever entered this into GNIS put in the location of the label for Mercer Township instead of that of the actual "town" location on the topos, which is a little to the east. Second, the Iowa Ghost Towns citation doesn't mention this Mercer; this is a Mercer in Sac County, but not, apparently in Adams County, and therefore the claims about a post office cannot be substantiated from there. What the topos and aerials show at the crossroads is a typical collection of farms, some of which disappear over the years, and a church which I cannot find anything out about. If nothing else, this needs to give way to the Sac County spot, if it be notable (which I do not think is the case), but I just cannot see an article on this dubious place. Mangoe (talk) 03:10, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iowa-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 03:25, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The 1895 Lippincott's Gazeteer does not have this (or even the township), but the 1918 Polk's has "a discontinued postoffice in Adams county". The 1880 Johnson's New Universal Cyclopædia has Mercer Township but no postoffice. None of them have a Mercer in Sac County.  And that's about all that turns up.  This Mercer in Adams county barely has documentation of its (non-)existence, let alone in-depth documentation for an article.  Uncle G (talk) 04:17, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Mercer Township, Adams County, Iowa, for now. I have found no evidence that anything other than a post office existed here, and Mercer is the name of the survey township. Detailed plat maps from the 1930s show nothing in Section 16, the purported location of this community. While many details exist for other Iowa communities nominated for deletion this week, there's just nothing for what was apparently a post office which apparently only operated for seven years. Firsfron of Ronchester  19:49, 23 May 2021 (UTC)


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