Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington/GNIS cleanup/State

Likely to be deletable --- to +++". The ones with scores were only briefly looked at and rated based on editor experience. They should be thoroughly examined before further action.

Asotin County, Washington

AFD|PROD

Craige, Washington PROD Deleted 28 March 2024
Zindel, Washington PROD Deleted May 2024: The only source that says populated place is GNIS, which is considered and unreliable source for classification by the WP community. The forte source (2) is a list of post offices. It is well established at AFD that the existance of a post office during this time is not proof of a Town. The third source listed on the article is Meany who wrote that Zindel was a post office in Asotin county. A fourth place names source [1] doesn't mention Zindel. A search of the local papers finds nothing. Google search finds Wikipedia "repeaters", and a couple of further similar sources to Meany that write it's a post office.
Cloverland, Washington AFD Pending May 2024: The article only has one source that that says it's a populated place (GNIS, source 1). GNIS is not considered reliable by the Wikipedia community for the classification of places. The Second source is a coat hanger for the garage. Unfortunately, notability of the Garage is not transferable per WP:GNG. Both commonly used Washington placename books don't list this place [2][3]. The Washington newspapers contain articles about a farming district named cloverland and state that it is the farmland surrounded by the forks of Asotin creek. Basically, an Orchard [4]. There are a couple of google hits implying it's a town, but looking at the actual sources, you see that it's just a rural area. This source, helps explain that it was the name of the voting precinct at one time [5]. There is a website claiming it's a ghost town that lookis convincing but it is copied from one of the sources that misrepresented the place, and there was only a cemetary and a garage which isn't the makings of a town. The fruit operation mentioned in the newspapers failed to pan out, and the area became wheat fields instead of a town. That Garage seems to be all that was ever there.

Unsorted

Deer Flat, Washington Not in deletion log, mentioned in Meany as settlement. No problem unless notable.
Hanson Ferry, Washington Meany says town, but nothing there now, and the terrain is not suitable for a town.+++
Jerry, Washington Meany says town, there are houses here, it could have been, or this could just later development +
Rogersburg, Washington Meany is more convincing for town, but the terrain rough. worth a glance -
Silcott, Washington Meany described it as a post office, but other sources say otherwise. Need a look -/+

City

Asotin, Washington
Clarkston, Washington

Unincorporated

Anatone, Washington

Columbia County

Covello, Washington Store and a postoffice, sattelite shows no more there now. +++
Grange City, Washington Examine for deletion. Meany says "a town in Columbia County;. During the Granger movement of 1875, Colonel George Hunter canvassed among the Grangers, and with the money raised he built a warehouse in the spring of 1876"
Huntsville, Washington Try to expand, before deletion
Marengo Meany said this planned town was never built
Richland, Washington Mentioned by Meany as town, not on WP. I guess GNIS spammers couldn't diambiguate?
Turner Meany says a plat was filed. Satellite show that the guy who platted it wasn't very creative. I think it should be deleted because platting doesn't equal legal recognition

City

Dayton (county seat)

Town

Starbuck

Prod / AFD

Alto, Washington AFD Dec 2021:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alto, Washington

Douglas County

Baird, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, not created by Gilliam, but Gilliam added to it. Meany could just be talking about a post office ++
Bonita, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, This is Bonita Flats in GNIS, Meany calls it a town, the satellite is a barren location +++

Ferry County, Washington

Covada, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany seems to describe mining camps, not expanded on since creation +++

Grant County

Burke, Washington Burke Lake in GNIS, Satellite, and Meany's description suggest this was just a post office. +++

Grays Harbor County

Axford, Washington Meany describes this as a post office and prairie, it should be top priority +++
Bay City, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Is probably an unincorporated community, not expanded since creation --

Island County

AFD?Prod

Cornet, Washington Prod 22 April 2024:No information found about this location, other than the cited sources (which are unreliable and/or insufficient for notability). No "community" of Cornet could be found in any source, although Cornet Bay is a recognized place and notable. The name Cornet doesn't appear on any USGS map until 2011: [1]. Most likely this was just a rural post office for seven years, never a "town". Fails WP:GNG and WP:GEOLAND

Unsorted

Austin not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Baby Island Heights not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Bayview not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Bells Beach not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Beverly Beachnot in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Bretland not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Camp Diana not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Columbia Beach not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Coveland, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany says it's a settlement and doesn't mention A post office, not expanded on since creation 1850s -/+
Glendale, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany doesn't mention the post office, not expanded on since creation +
Greenbank Meany Says this is a post office
Juniper Beach not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Keystone not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Lagoon Point not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Mabana Post office according to Meany
Maxwelton Meany says village
Midvale Corner not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Northgate Terrace Housing development, not on Meany
Pebble Beach not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Penn Cove Park not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Pioneer Blueberries A Farm
Possession not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Rodena Beach not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
San De FucaMeany says its a town
Sandy Hook ?
Saratoga ?
Sheliegh Estates ?
Smith Prairie not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Sunlight Beach not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Sunny Shore Acres not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Tyee Beach not in meany, could just be neigborhood.
Utsalady MEany says village/saw mill town

Cities

Langley
Oak Harbor

Town

Coupeville (county seat)

Census-designated places

Camano
Clinton
Freeland
Whidbey Island Station, formerly listed as Ault Field

Jefferson County

Coyle, Washington Meany says it was a town but mentions that it's named changed when the post office arrived, so I'm suspicious of that, Currently it is a neighborhood in Quilcene WA. +

King County

Barneston, Washington Company Town has sources --
Edgewick, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, needs investigation -/+
Vashon, Washington Needs help, as to how to handle the island, the CDP, and the City. Google maps is also confused. ?

Kitsap County

Crosby, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Is probably an unincorporated community, not expanded since creation --

• Probably notable, this book: [6] supposedly talks about the place, but I don't have access to it. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 14:13, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Lofall, Washington Is a name of a Census designated place. Meany said it was just a postoffice. There does appear to be an unincorporated community there now --

Kittitas County

Geo features

Cougar Gulch PROD May 2024: Notability not established with substantive sources, fails WP:NGEO

Unsorted

Boylestown, Washington Meany Says "a town in Kittitas; County. It was named by H. R. Williams, vice-president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company after the town of that name in Massachusetts" Not found in Deletion log.

• there is both a doylestown and boylestown PA, so I don't even know if Meany spelled it right. Can't find anythingJames.folsom (talk) 22:35, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Doris, Washington removed from county page, was train station
MEAGHERVILLE, washington Meany says village, not in deletion log
Rocklyn, Washington removed from county page, doesn't seem to exist
Teanaway Meany doesn't mention it, and it seems to really be Teanaway River Valley, Likely needs deletion or a move.
Thrall Meany says town, but his description sounds like a rail siding+++
Virden, WashingtonTown according to Meany, nod in deletion log

Places

Cities

Cle Elum
Ellensburg (county seat)
Kittitas
Roslyn

Town

South Cle Elum

Unincorporated areas

Suncadia

Ghost Towns

Liberty

Census-designated places

Easton
Ronald
Snoqualmie Pass (including Hyak)
Thorp
Vantage

Prod / AFD

Lavender, Washington Prod April 20 2024:No information found about this location. The only mentions were entries in tables of shipping points: [1], [2]. The name "Lavender" doesn't appear on any USGS map that I could find at the coordinates given; early maps (circa 1900) show the area as "Big Creek" but there's nothing there today except a few scattered farms. Without information this is a failure of both WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG. GNIS is insufficient for notability.
Martin, Washington AFD April 20 2024: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martin, Washington, Redirected.
Horlick, Washington AFD Dec 2021 Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Horlick,_Washington
Roza, Washington AFD Dec 2021 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roza, Washington
Rye, Washington AFD Dec 2021 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rye, Washington

Klickitat County

Unsorted

Blockhouse, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, was a fort, not expanded on since creation ?

• This is a hard one, because there was a Blockhouse Fort and a Blockhouse post office, and it's not clear they were even related. This article: [7] suggests they were different places, talking about the fort one mile north of the "Blockhouse store". I would argue the fort is borderline notable, the "community" not. The article should be rewritten from scratch but I don't have the time. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 15:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Notable in the past

Gilmer, Washington WNA made improvements, work needed

• I found a couple of articles talking about this place, which seems to have been notable in the late nineteenth century, though never a "town". Article expanded 1 Apr 2024. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 15:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Pacific County

Bruceport, Washington reads like an interesting area, but doesn't exist today, maybe notable though. ---

CDA area

Bay Center, Washington Census designated place and small unincorporated community --

Declined Prods

Seahaven, Washington Prod declined April 2024: Non-notable location. I can find several passing mentions of this town in the western Washington press from the early 1890's, confirming it existed. However, it seems to have been very short-lived. Nothing at all post-1900, other than Meany (which is unreliable). Satellite view of the coordinates just shows empty tidal flats along the Willapa River, with no human structures of any kind. Without sources this is a failure of WP:GNG and WP:GEOLAND.

• I don't think it's notable but with the new source, it may be hard to AFD?James.folsom (talk) 22:15, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Pend Oreille County

Blueslide, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany doesn't mention the post office, not expanded on since creation +
Dalkena, Washington Nothing there now, just rural population, was probably just a mill town, since Meany says it started with a mill. +++

Pierce County

Cromwell, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, is based on Post office, not expanded on since creation +++
Glencove, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany's source says town, Satelite might indicate commnunity, the hotel in the 4th ref is in Gig Harbor -/+

Mason County, Washington

Amelia, Washington PROD April 2024: Zero information found other than the sources cited, which are insufficient for notability and/or unreliable. Not a single reference to an Amelia, Washington could be found in the Mason County Arcadia Publishing book: [1], and the name Amelia doesn't appear on any USGS topo map until 2011: [2]. Meany's book (reference 4) says this was "formerly a postoffice" without any indication of its location. This place fails WP:V in addition to WP:GNG and WP:GEOLAND. Likely was just a rural post office; current coordinates are for an intersection in the forest Arcadia, Washington Not mentioned in county article. Meany says town, no source.
Detroit, Washington Meany says company town, not in county article
Oakland, Washington Extinct city? Meany says was former county seat of Mason county, nothing there now

Deleted

Grant, Washington PROD April 2024 Non-notable location; a post office does not make a place a "community". There is a historic Grant School: [1], and early topos show a Grant Ferry, but there is no "community" of Grant until the 1953 topo map: [2], long after the school and post office were closed. From the Grant School website the area appears to be called Pickering today; the nondescript name makes it hard to search for more information. Without further information this site fails WP:GEOLAND. I wouldn't be opposed to an article about the school, but there doesn't seem to be a community.

City

Shelton (county seat)

Census-designated places

Allyn-Grapeview mentioned by Meany in passing
Belfair
Hoodsport Meany says Town
Kamilche Meany says Town
Skokomish
Union Union was the name of the post office for Union City.

Unincorporated communities

Eldon The article itself claims it was a town in ~1900, but none of the reliable sources list it. It has no reliable sources on the article. nothing there now

• Harstine Island
• Lake Cushman
• Lilliwaup
• Matlock

Potlatch Meany says Town

• Tahuya

San Juan County

• Non existent articles below seem to never have existed, but are links on the county page.

Argyle, Washington Meany didn't seem to have much more than a map for this, probably a post office town +++
Beach Haven Not in Meany, nothing there
Buckhorn Not in Meany, housing development rural area
Camp Orkila Not in Meany
Decatur Not in Meany, housing development?
Deer Harbor Not in Meany, Washington State place names lists as village, Rural area
Doe Bay Not in Meany, Washington State place names lists as community, rural area
IslandaleNot in Meany
LakedaleNot in Meany
Orcas VillageNot in Meany, borderline
Port Stanley Not in Meany, Rural area
PrevostNot in Meany, nothing there now
Pump StationNot in Meany
RichardsonNot in Meany
RocklandNot in Meany
RosarioNot in Meany, Probably "Postal town", now housing development
Sea AcreNot in Meany, housing development or compound
ThatcherNot in Meany, nothing there now
The TeeNot in Meany
WaldronNot in Meany, rural area on waldron island
West BeachNot in Meany, A resort
West SoundNot in Meany, rural area
Yacht HavenNot in Meany, nothing there now

Town

Friday Harbor, Washington (county seat)
Roche Harbor Is a notable (extinct?) town, but the article is about the harbor, not the town. Not in Meany

Unincorporated communities

Eastsound
Olga, Washington

Deleted

Dolphin, Washington PROD April 2024 Non-notable location. Name (and the fact that it's located on Orcas Island) make it very hard to find information, but the cited sources are insufficient for notability and/or questionable. Likely this was just a rural post office, and now it's nothing but a couple of vacation cabins on Dolphin Bay. The article doesn't even mention it's on Orcas Island, suggesting the creator didn't know anything about this place and was just transcribing Meany's place-names guide onto Wikipedia. That's not how articles should be written. Fails WP:GEOLAND.

Skamania County

Carson, Washington Town apparently. ---

Spokane County

Rodna, Washington Meany says it is a train station, satellite show faint marks on the ground of something. I doubt it was a town ++
Buckeye, Washington This is second location of the Buckeye lumber company, this company renamed the Hochspur postoffice. Has secondary sources. --
Denison, Washington This is the former site of the Buckeye lumber company, briefly known as Pratt maybe merge with Buckeye? +++
Hockspur, Washington This article need not exist as it's mentioned in the Buckeye article.

Skagit County

Deleted

Minkler, Washington PROD No information found; sources cited insufficient for notability. The Minkler family was clearly significant in Skagit County, but no "community" of Minkler was mentioned in any source I found other than references 2 and 3 (post office doesn't establish notability). Coordinates today show an isolated farm with a Minkler Lake nearby.
Prairie, Washington PROD No information found. Generic name makes searching hopeless. Doesn't appear to be a recognized place, and the sources cited are insufficient for notability. Fails WP:GEOLAND.

Unsorted

Allen, Washington Meany Mentions Allan island
Avon, Washington/North Avon, Washington Meany says towns
Bancroft, Washington Failed venture according to Meany
Bessemer, Washington Failed venture says Meany
Birdsview, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany talks about Post office mentions another source, not expanded on since creation +
Blanchard Meany Says Town from 1918
Bow Meany says town, but I think what he said is more consistent with Post office "town", area also known as Brownsville.
Branham, Washington Meany says "obsolete town"
Cement city, Washington Meany says platted, fate unknown
Cedardale, Washington no mention by Meany
Day Creek, Washington Creek sporting a lumber camp+++
Dewey final name of several towns platted, Meany
Equality, Washington Meany: "Social Colony" notable?
Fidalgo Island according to Meany
Fishtown no mention by Meany
Gibraltar no mention by Meany
Guemes Island no mention by Meany
Hoogdal no mention by Meany
Milltown no mention by Meany
Monteborne, Washington Meany said town
Padilla, Washingtion Meany said Town
Rexville No Mention by Meany
Samish Island, Washington Meany said Town
Similk BeachNo Mention by Meany
Sterling Meany Says town
Thornwood, Washington PROD Non-notable location. The only significant coverage I could find was this 1905 column talking about a man who ran a cranberry farm at the "village" of Thornwood: [1]. Otherwise only trivial mentions found. This place existed, but without any real information about it, it's not worth an article (post office does not establish notability). Fails WP:GEOLAND. Satellite view today shows a rural area with a few farms, though there is a Thornwood Place and an A. Birss Road, named for the proprietor of the cranberry farm Seconded No sources support the existence of this place.
Urban, Washington PROD Reference 3 plainly states this was a post office, not a "community". Nothing at the site today. Without further information this is a failure of WP:GNG and WP:GEOLAND; post offices are not notable Van Horn Meany doesn't mention

Ehrlich Meany says town
Skagit City Meany doesn't mention it
Whitney Meany says town

Cities

Anacortes
Burlington
Mount Vernon (county seat)
Sedro-Woolley

Towns

Atlanta, Washingtion Failed town according to meany, never on WP?
Concrete
Hamilton
La Conner
Lyman

Census-designated places

Alger
Bayview, Washington Platted probably failed. says Meany
Big Lake
Clear Lake, Skagit County, Washington Meany lists this as a lake
Conway Meany says town
Edison Meany says this is post office
Lake Cavanaugh
Lake McMurray
Marblemount
Rockport

Stevens County

Hunters, Washington Small unincorporated populated place, article is expanded know. --

Deleted

Godfrey, Washington PROD Deleted March 2024, Meany doesn't mention the post office, not expanded on since creation ++

Snohomish County

Getchell, Washington Meany said this was platted out, but this is clearly not at the coords given in the article, somebody will need to dig into this one ?

Wahkiakum County, Washington

Eden, Washington PROD April 2024 Non-notable location; GNIS and existence of a post office are insufficient for notability. Apart from the sources cited, and a couple of tables of post offices, the only source that could be found is [1], which mentions Eden Valley but never any "community" of Eden. There was an Eden Valley School and Eden Valley Cemetery, suggesting this was just a valley or a "region" but never a community. With only passing mentions this place fails WP:GEOLAND.

Walla Walla County, Washington

Attalia, Washington Meany implies there was a townsite, but source 1 on the article seems to describe a grange district. The given coords are an industrial site surrounded by farmland. +++

Whatcom County

Beach, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany doesn't mention the post office, not expanded on since creation ++
Blue Canyon, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany says someone declared their intent to build a town, but I suspect just mining operation, not expanded on since creation ++
Clipper, Washington Never PRODed/AFDd, Meany doesn't mention the post office, but it's named for a company which isn't promising, not expanded on since creation +++
Bishop, Washington Meany is probably describing something railroad releated, nothing there now, not expanded. +++