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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Sam-2727 ( talk) 01:54, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Pentland, California
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Former junction on the Sunset Railroad where a spur led to Hazelton and Maricopa. No sign that there was ever a community here. – dlthewave ☎ 01:51, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
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- Keep It was platted as a town in 1911 [1], oil was found there, there was a station there [2], it's used as a place name in newspaper searches as late as 2017. The railroad Y appears to have been called Pentland Junction on a 1931 topographic map. "pentland"%2B"kern" [3]. SportingFlyer T· C 03:32, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
- Keep In addition to the evidence SportingFlyer found, here's another article that mentions a saloon at Pentland. There definitely seems to have been an actual community here. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 12:50, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
- Keep Based on the evidence presented above, it appears that the nominator may not have exercised his due diligence. Pentland is also cited in numerous congressional reports eg [4] to add on to the list of actual historical citations Kingoflettuce ( talk) 17:12, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
- Keep per the above by SportingFlyer. It appears this was a population center. Oakshade ( talk) 19:31, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
- Keep. Thanks SportingFlyer for looking into it. Woerich (talk) 21:20, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
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