Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spruce, Nevada

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The result was delete. MER-C 12:21, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Spruce, Nevada[edit]

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Found in CAT:NN cleanup. Some of the topos call it "Spruce Siding", other show a railroad feature named Spruce with no buildings there. The few newspapers.com hits I can find are for an obscure railroad siding. I'm seeing no way this possibly passes WP:GEOLAND. Hog Farm _Bacon 21:09, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 21:09, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nevada-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 21:09, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

delete It is indeed a siding with a turning wye, presumably at one end or the other of a helper district. Just no notability here. Mangoe (talk) 23:21, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. According to Nevada Post Offices (Gamett & Paher), Spruce had a post office. However, I believe that the Spruce post office was originally named Sprucemont, which is located elsewhere, near Mizpah (see below). Not mentioned in Nevada Origin of Names. Not to be confused with Spruce Mountain Mining District, which is found on p. 222 of "Nevada Place Names," Carson, 1974, but not available in the GBooks version. Newspapers.com has 4 trivial mentions of "Spruce siding", here's one. This newspaper article states that Spruce siding was six miles from Mizpah. However Google Maps shows the distance as being at least 34.8 miles between Spruce and Mizpah. Spruce does appear on a railroad map, but that does not mean it is notable. So, it seems that Spruce was a station, so WP:STATION applies. I'm fairly certain that there was no post office at this location and have found no other legal recognition, so Spruce does not meet #2 of WP:GEOLAND. This station has only trivial coverage, so it does not meet #2 of WP:GEOLAND. Cxbrx (talk) 01:54, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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