Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evan's Ranch, California

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:15, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Evan's Ranch, California

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This one may possibly have the problem that there may have been more than one Evans Ranch (and yes, the apostrophe seems to be spurious). But Fairfield mentions the Evans ranch a number of times, and here's a particularly relevant passage: "About this time a post office was established at Janesville with L. N. Breed as post master, one at Milford with Charles Batterson as post master, and another at the Evans ranch in the north end of Long valley. Alvaro Evans was post master at the latter place for a couple of years, and then the office was moved to the ranch of John W. Doyle who was the post master for a great many years." This is a perfect illustration of why having a post office doesn't make a place into a town: Fairfield is clearly talking about the same place that Durham mentions, but it's clear from this and other passages that it was the ranch owned by someone named Evans. There are a number of other references to an Evans ranch, but again, they all talk about it as if it were a ranch. I have to wonder exactly what Durham says. Mangoe (talk) 02:22, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:16, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:16, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No evidence of a notable community; there were a lot of post offices in the 1860s and the complicated logistics of delivering mail at that time was not necessarily connected to the organization of towns and notable population centers. Here's an obituary of a Mr. Evans who lived in Lassen County. Reywas92^Talk 05:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, DMySon 05:23, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Likely Evan's Ranch was exactly what the name implies, a ranch owned by some rancher named Evans. It was not uncommon for a fourth-class post to be established at a private residence. Glendoremus (talk) 20:29, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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