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What is a "commercial town?" Is that a Nevada thing? If it is a town it must have some sort of government. Lacking that I would call such a place a "settlement," but that seems odd for a place with no residents. -- PaulinSaudi ( talk) 13:32, 15 January 2022 (UTC) reply

Good question. I've always wondered about the term. My search did not find a reference that supports referring to Jean as a commercial town, but it does seem that Jean is a commercial town. Searching Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1997) for "commercial town" does find a number of places that are described as being commercial towns. I did not find a really good definition of "commercial town". I don't think "commercial town" has any Nevada-specific meaning, or at least I have not run across anything. Apparently Jean has no residents, though the post office and court house are located there, along with a number of commercial establishments. Sadly, GNIS classifies Jean as a populated place. One could argue that Jean is misclassified as a settlement or community. Little America, Wyoming is a somewhat similar place as it is best known for being a gas station. However, Little America is also a CDP, and I guess Jean is not a CDP. I feel that commercial town is probably more accurate that settlement. Unincorporated area is probably even more accurate. I do feel that Jean is notable, even as an unincorporated area. Cxbrx ( talk) 16:31, 15 January 2022 (UTC) reply

Almost certainly a CDP. I only heard of it because there was a very bad accident there the other day, four killed. We could make something up. "Commercial cluster?"-- PaulinSaudi ( talk) 11:22, 16 January 2022 (UTC) reply

It took me awhile to find this, but Jean is not listed in the list of Nevada CDPs. Making something up is tempting, but it feels too much like WP:OR. I propose that we change it to Unincorporated area, which matches other places in Nevada. The Template:Infobox_settlement has a settlement_type field that is usually set Unincorporated area. Jean is listed in Category:Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Nevada. Cxbrx ( talk) 15:57, 16 January 2022 (UTC) reply