Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kit Carson, California

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:30, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kit Carson, California

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This is an object case of how some of the standards that have been used to justify inclusion are problematic. If you go to this spot in GMaps, you'll find the Kit Carson Lodge, which has been there for a long time and which along with the main building encompasses a lot of cabins, and possibly has absorbed the scout camp that is shown just to the east in older topo maps. If you look at the area on those maps, it is labelled "Kit Carson" in the gothic font used for features and buildings, not the roman font used for towns; the array of cabins is shown so it's not surprising the GNIS compilers got confused. Yes, apparently it does have its own post office, but it's not a town, or a settlement. As to whether it's notable for what it actually is: well, there is a good deal of routine coverage expected of any resort-ish tourist spot that has been around a long time. I'm not finding more than that, not enough to write a decent encyclopedia article that I've found. Mangoe (talk) 13:52, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 15:13, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 15:13, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not a notable community. Here's a couple old blurbs and ads on the lodge. That could be covered with the neighboring campgrounds at Silver Lake (Amador County). Excellent example of a post office that is not necessarily an automatically notable community: GNIS item says the PO only operated in the summer for five years, useful for campers! Reywas92^Talk 20:31, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Check your math there: it was fifteen years, not five. And it still has its own zip code. Mangoe (talk) 00:27, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gahhhh I somehow mentally transposed the digits in those dates, thx. I see that the listed 95644 is a PO Box-only zip code, whereas it’s in the 95666 ZCTA for Pioneer, California. Reywas92^Talk 09:16, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I live in an outer suburban area which has its own zip code but not its own post office (it shares the building of the next town south). My Father's house is in the same situation. And it is still common for the post office in rural places to be simply a window in a store (take a look at Essex, Montana). It always must be kept in mind that the job of the post office is to deliver mail to people, not to establish geography. Mangoe (talk) 14:24, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Clearly just a lodge/resort with the expected level of routine coverage. "Unincorporated community" label is unsupported by sources. –dlthewave ☎ 02:11, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not notable, not a community --Cornellier (talk) 12:54, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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