Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merle Junction, Iowa

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 04:54, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merle Junction, Iowa

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Non-notable railroad junction mislabeled as a community. I don't believe the column in the Lenox Time Table about trivial goings-on in the area [1][2][3][4][5] meets the burden of WP:GEOLAND or WP:GNG. –dlthewave ☎ 04:41, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iowa-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:14, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

delete I found this description of the facilities at the junction, which was originally the crossing of two CB&Q line before the westward portion of the one was abandoned in the 1940s. A barrage of rail-related hits (large numbers of which are for the abandonment) but nothing indicating a settlement here. Mangoe (talk) 02:31, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It seems that two men were arrested there in 1928, and if I understand correctly, sentenced to 25 years for a robbery amounting to 23 cents, which is pretty messed up. In 1943 it is mentioned again, in the context of being a rail junction. These are the only newspaper results talking about it at all; I do not see evidence that it was a settlement at any point. jp×g 23:41, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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