Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larneds Landing, Arizona

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:25, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Larneds Landing, Arizona[edit]

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This appears to be another GNIS-induced mistake, though the details are a bit murky. What I do see is that the name appears to have been copied onto the topo maps from GNIS; the latter cites a book on Grand Canyon placenames, but I have searched through it using GBooks and cannot find any of the possible spelling variations. Also the page number given is only five pages from the end of the book, whereas the entries (which are little stories about each name) are provided alphabetically. I have looked at the L entries and found nothing that way either. The text of the article claims that GNIS says the name comes from a Learned family, which GNIS does not in fact say. The spot in question is a rock outcropping in the middle of a dry streambed; there's a dirt road which comes down to the stream at that point but no sign of any place that could have held a building, much less any trace of one. Older topos from before the 1990s (the book was published in 1997) show nothing but the streambed; googling produces nothing but geoclickbait. Mangoe (talk) 01:55, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 02:58, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 02:58, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Zero results for either spelling on newspapers.com, certainly doesn't look like somewhere there was ever a community. Reywas92^Talk 02:25, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I couldn't find it on any topos earlier than 2011, and Grand Canyon Place Names specifically covers Grand Canyon National Park which is over 100 miles away. If this is some sort of mislabeled place, it certainly hasn't received notable levels of coverage. –dlthewave ☎ 02:25, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The subject fails WP:GNG and the SNG WP:GEOLAND Lightburst (talk) 03:01, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think this refers to Larned Landing on the shore of the Colorado River where there was a ferry crossing to California - here - per (this 1972 source with map). In current times it is a campsite, mentioned here. The earliest post-dam and lake formation reference I found was this 1967 source mentioning the power line construction spanning the water there. I haven't found any evidence this was a settlement (or a crossing point) prior to the flooding. ----Pontificalibus 11:08, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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