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Occident, Indiana

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The county histories say that the predecessor town went nowhere, and that Occident was just a post office and not a town. Mangoe (talk) 03:47, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. This was a populated place.

[1]:
- "John F. Beher was for a great many years a popular merchant at Occident, this county, where he conducted a general merchandising business until the time of his death in September, 1881, at his home in Occident." (p. 159)
- "JOSEPH F. BOWEN, M. D., of Occident, this county, whose name for many years has been a household word in the northern part of the county and where he is known as an able, reliable and progressive physician." (p. 224)
- "Doctor Bowen at once located in Occident and has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession there ever since." (p. 15)
- "Doctor Charles S. Green, the fourth son of Doctor Lot Green and one of the county's leading dental surgeons, was born in the town of Occident, Jackson township, this county, December 2, 1883." (p. 21)
[2] - "The first store opened in the township in the early days was that of Jones & Parker, in the once locally famous, but long since abandoned hamlet of "Tail Holt," later called Occident, which was a post office for a number of years."
[3] - Ellen Frazee died here in 1909.
[4] - The place had a school. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:12, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sulphur Spring, Indiana

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This one is just...wrong. It is in fact the site of the former Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home, which is what all the topos before the 2012 redesign say, albeit under the name "Morton Sch". I have no idea why the 1976 atlas has this under a different name (if indeed it does), because the school was already there by then, but in any case I could find no reference to a "Sulphur Spring" in Rush County. I'm going to say that redirecting this to the article on the school is a bad AtD because as far as I can tell this name is completely spurious. Mangoe (talk) 04:25, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete There appears to be a pond on the property, draining into a nearby creek, so maybe there is a spring there somewhere and the name referred literally to the spring? Regardless, not notable, fails WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 11:51, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mauzy, Indiana

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Appears to have been a rail point with no evidence that it was a settlement. The county history reveals plenty of people with this name but no town discussion. Mangoe (talk) 21:53, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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It was much more commonly known under the name "Griffin Station"; people definitely lived here. Whether that constitutes a "settlement" vs a "rail point where people lived", I'm not sure how we draw the distinction. Based on the Needham source, this article calls it a "town" [5]. I found an early report that at minimum fifteen families lived there in the 1880s [6]. Some earlier reports of the area listed several "accoucheurs" (an older word for midwife, it seems) [7]. A county history of an adjacent county refers to it as a "trading point" [8]. There are a number of news bits about people trying to rent/sell their property at Griffin Station; one had a blacksmith shop on the property, apparently.

I found this interesting bit of trivia about a woman who died there from her clothes catching on fire while making apple-butter [9].

A reasonable alternative to deletion would be to merge to Union Township, Rush County, Indiana by creating a new subheading for other "settlements" (indeed a rail point can be a settlement, if only comprising very few people). Katzrockso (talk) 05:24, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Henry, Indiana

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It's been a long time since we've come across a dot added from a state highway map, but here we are. Looking at the topos, if this place was real at all, it was a rail point; older ones show an interlocking at this point. The line is completely gone, and I'm not getting anything, notwiothstanding that this is awful for searching. The 1921 county history has lots of people named Henry, but no mention of a town. Mangoe (talk) 13:54, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Another mysterious non-place that didn't appear on topo maps until 2010: [10]. There was never anything there other than railroad tracks, not even any buildings. Obviously not a community; fails WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:14, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christine Howser

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Fails WP:AUTHOR with no reviews of her book. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:03, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak delete. No NAUTHOR pass for sure, but I found a few rather long profiles of Howser: one, two (continued here), and three (continued here) However, these feel like WP:BLP1E coverage, hence my leaning toward "delete".

The book itself doesn't pass WP:NBOOK. The profiles all mention the book as upcoming, but don't actually give any commentary on it. There are six sentences on the book in this article, but I wouldn't consider it quite enough for one of the two NBOOK sources needed (and there isn't second one at all). So, no opportunity to re-factor this into a book article.

As for other sources, there's a fun opportunity for WP:CITOGENESIS with the book American Family and Parenting Writers, which reproduces (and cites!!) the current Wikipedia article. She apparently published four times in Circle Magazine under the name Rhiannon Skye: [11] [12] [13] [14]. One of those tells us she is also known as Christine LeVan! However, I can't find any coverage of her under those names. ~ L 🌸 (talk)

Farmington, Indiana

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Folks, please read all of the sources you are using so you don't get something like this one, in which the 1888 history says that this "town" was platted but amounted to nothing before someone had a 4th class post office in the vicinity. The 1921 history states that Marcellus "never developed beyond the paper stage" and doesn't mention Farmington at all. Mangoe (talk) 20:00, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Since it is not a legally established place, it doesn't meet WP:NTOWN. BlookyNapsta (talk) 09:04, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Farmers, Rush County, Indiana

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A station on an abandoned Big Four line, as described in the 1921 county history. From the maps it's clearly a rail point and not a town. Mangoe (talk) 12:31, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Boyd, Indiana

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Appears to be a rail point on an abandoned line; there's no mention of it in the county history I found, just some people named Boyd. Mangoe (talk) 11:54, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Topo maps back to 1960 show there was never anything more there than there is now, apart from the railroad: [15]. Rail flag stops and sidings were often named for the adjoining landowner; by all evidence this is just such a NN point. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 13:21, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Agree with nom and WeirdNAnnoyed above. Asteramellus (talk) 15:02, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Does not meet WP:NTOWN. BlookyNapsta (talk) 09:24, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stumpke Corner, Indiana

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A post office, definitely. Anything else? Hard to say. I'm not getting hits that lead to anything definite. Mangoe (talk) 03:15, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - just a post office. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 03:26, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete It's...a corner. Nothing found other than the questionable sources already cited in the article. Fails WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 13:24, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stringtown, Ripley County, Indiana

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The only cear reference I could find described it as a post office. I'm not finding evidence that it was anything else. Mangoe (talk) 02:28, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Washington Township, Ripley County, Indiana#Unincorporated towns – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 08:22, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A bad idea. If it can be shown to be a town, then it gets its own article; if it can't be, then it shouldn't be in a list of towns because that is apparently untrue. This is why this AtD needs to go away. Mangoe (talk) 11:37, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We could easily reformat the structure there to also include a list of historical post offices in the county. Katzrockso (talk) 01:13, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, sometimes there are communities that are small enough and have a short enough history that they are better covered at a higher level of organization (WP:PAGEDECIDE).

[16] details the history of the community. A few more mentions for the church (e.g. pastor [17]), apparently there was a Stringtown auxiliary for local Red Cross chapter [18]. A community with a church, grocery store, blacksmith is usually enough to warrant an article, if not to house the information about the church and evolution of the community. weaker keep but would not be opposed to a redirect to the township.

There is enough material about one church (see e.g. [19] [20] [21]) and seemingly another Universalist church was located in the Stringtown area too (e.g. [22], [23] [24]) Katzrockso (talk) 02:02, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This self-published book [25] claims there is a historical marker at the site, and that it once had a school and a church. This government document [26] confirms there was a school. However, I can't find a mention at HMDB, and self-published sources aren't RS. Looks like there might be something out there, but until RS can be found I don't think this is an article worth keeping, especially with so many other Stringtowns in Indiana and with it being so unlikely a search term. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 13:44, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New Carrollton, Indiana

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We've reached a new nadir in searching, with Google's AI proclaiming that There is no town named "New Carrollton" in Indiana; the search results for this name actually describe locations in Maryland. The closest sounding place in Indiana is the town of New Carlisle, which is a distinct community in LaPorte County. It flatly refused to do a GBook search, and when I forced it, I got the response, "It looks like there aren’t any ‘Books’ matches on this topic". So the only sources are the 1876 atlas and Jim Forte's site. It's possible this is a very old, short-lived town, but I think we've hit a new mark in "fails verification" here. Mangoe (talk) 15:42, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per Mangoe ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 18:25, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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It is a real place name and not something made out of whole cloth [27], but not notable enough for Wikipedia. Delete Katzrockso (talk) 21:58, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Was a post office too [28]. Still not notable but just adding for more information Katzrockso (talk) 22:04, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DeQwan Young

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I could not find any SIGCOV for this indoor football player. Best I saw was this. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:40, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Josh Ramsey

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Subject does not have the WP:SIGCOV to meet the WP:GNG. Let'srun (talk) 00:16, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Fails WP:SIGCOV so fails WP:GNG. - UtherSRG (talk) 00:38, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Kept last time per WP:NFOOTBALL, even after 4 years, there has been no change in the situation. Svartner (talk) 02:00, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No evidence of WP:SIGCOV. Fails WP:GNG. Demt1298 (talk) 00:48, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 21:25, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lookout, Indiana

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A searching nightmare, all I have to go on is the post office and GMaps, which shows that the buildings at the spot shown on topos belong to one, maybe two farmsteads. I think the post office was all there was to this. Mangoe (talk) 22:13, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete I could find absolutely no hits on normal search, Newspapers.com, Google Books, or Scholar, and no other mention outside of the post office ref here. On satellite and street view, it seems like one house and some farm buildings, definitely not an unincorporated community as claimed by the article and not notable. HurricaneZeta^C 22:50, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Weak keep. I found two pieces on this community [29] [30], but I'm more confused than when I started. Worth noting that the first Guthrie article states it "had a blacksmith shop, post office, general store, creamery, tavern and a one-room school". It looks like the post office that we say is at Delaware, Indiana was first at this location ("Lookout") and was under that name. At some point, the "new" community Delaware emerged and this one was known as Schutte's Corner. Then between 1912 and 1918, the community was renamed to Lookout.

More info confirming post office dates here [31]

I wouldn't be opposed to a merge/redirect to another target, however. Katzrockso (talk) 05:49, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This may be able to pass WP:GNG with the sources found above. It seems it was named Lookout by Robert A. Creigmile, a politician who was the youngest member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1893. Aneirinn (talk) 20:06, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep subject passes WP:GNG Agnieszka653 (talk) 02:56, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of battles fought in Indiana

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An essentially unreferenced article that goes against the WP:MILMOS#BATTLESIN guideline. Nominations of other articles like this, such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of battles fought in South Dakota, have resulted in deletion. toweli (talk) 21:13, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep A Wikiproject style guideline is not a Wikipedia notability guideline. Moreover, that section of MILMOS refers to categorization, not what is permitted in articles, and I don't think the debates it is concerned with are particularly salient for US states. Anyway, there's still Category:Battles in the United States by state. This seems to be a perfectly valid and informational navigational list. Reywas92^Talk 02:57, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and the South Dakota verdict. What applies to categories applies to lists of this sort. Also, there was no Indiana at the time of half the battles listed. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:58, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep as the nominator does not provide a policy-based rationale for deletion. Categories =/= lists. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 04:24, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Valid navigational and information list. Enough things on the list have their own articles linked to, its a valid list. Dream Focus 22:29, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Laugheryville, Indiana

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Another, um, square on the 1876 atlas (they liked squares rather than dots) of which there is no trace of other than what Baker has to say. I'll remind those responding that platting is not proof of a town's existence; it only shows that someone wanted there to be a town there. Mangoe (talk) 13:05, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. [32] page 102 here is all I can find Katzrockso (talk) 13:11, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - This book says it was platted but never built. Unable to find anything stating this was ever a populated place. Magnolia677 (talk) 14:45, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that, but it didn't seem reliable. Katzrockso (talk) 05:54, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've been chary of relying on it, because I have to suspect it is dependent on us if nothing else. Mangoe (talk) 12:54, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Mossy Feet Books" is a means of self-publishing for author Paul Wonning [33], hosted on Wordpress. He doesn't seem to have any degree and is not affiliated with any institution, but I can't find much biographical information. The organization of the prose in the book made it clear it was not edited, to me. Katzrockso (talk) 04:47, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An unreliable source stating this place is not notable is equal to no source stating this place is notable. Point taken but totally unnecessary. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:11, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The unreliable source could be wrong and perhaps this locality was platted and did have a significant population. This is why we don't rely on unreliable sources! Katzrockso (talk) 01:02, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It is of no significance. Aneirinn (talk) 07:11, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Haney Corner, Indiana

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People are going to want to keep this because it's easy enough to find a couple of people "from" here; I found some too, and they were all farmers, and indeed, what's at Haney Corner now is one, maybe two farmsteads, with another in ruins. But I'm going to insist that three farmsteads at a corner are not a town, even if there was a 4th class post office there in the latter days of that period. Other than those people I came up with nothing. Mangoe (talk) 16:25, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete basically per nom. I can find several records in books and papers about people "from" Haney Corner (or Haney's Corner), but nothing at all about the place. These are trivial mentions. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:36, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sockweb

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Non-notable band, with several sources being from the record label themselves. GarethBaloney (talk) 20:46, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per Wikipedia:NOTNOTABLE. ~2025-34392-86 (talk) 20:51, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The link you're using is making a point about how just stating something is "just not notable" isn't something you should do...★Trekker (talk) 20:23, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Passes WP:GNG and WP:NBAND per the sources already in the article. I'm seeing three different independent e-zines with critical reviews cited. That's enough to pass the sourcing threshold.4meter4 (talk) 21:54, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable per 4meter4's assessment. Maxcreator (talk) 06:00, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment Further source from Visions [de] [34] Geschichte (talk) 06:19, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep – Passes in WP:NBAND. Svartner (talk) 14:39, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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