Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stone Ridge, Maryland

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 21:34, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stone Ridge, Maryland

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This article has been unsourced and a stub since 2007. The coordinates show a few homes with no evidence of a community. A WP: BEFORE found only Wikipedia clones. Stone Ridge doesn't show up on topos and no GNIS entry for it exists as well. However, the article says that Stone Ridge has a population of about 1,000 so I decided to bring this to afd. ColinBear (talk) 16:43, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:53, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:15, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is bizarre. If it's truly reporting a population in the census, then it should be in GNIS. But I checked, and couldn't find it either. And newspapers.com brings up "Iron Stone Ridge", a Methodist Church, and a convent. Not listed as a municipality in Frederick County. Hog Farm _Talk 17:35, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Subject purports to be a township, but Maryland doesn't seem to have townships. I followed 340 on 2011 USGS topographic maps from Frederick to Brunswick City, and found no place called Stone Ridge, which is bizarre since something with 2400 residents in 2007 should appear. Coordinates don't show evidence of sizable population there. Hog Farm _Talk 17:50, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - And here's the damning part - does not appear in document of 2000 census areas in Maryland. If it really reported a population in the 2000 census, it should be in there. And searching brings up a small street in the Clover Hill area of Frederick. And something with a significant population in the USA in the internet area should be findable in the internet. Page creator only edited this page and its talk page. This may be a hoax. Hog Farm _Talk 17:55, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
delete Maryland does not have townships, though it does have incorporated towns; this isn't one listed for Frederick County. Looking at maps and aerials, there is just no way this was ever a CDP: it sits in a wooded area right next to an actual town. Except for various categorization tweaks and the addition of coordinates (I've queried the author of the latter), it's the contribution of a single editor who did nothing else. Nothing on Google except false hits in other states and a determination to include the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, which is some 30-40 miles away in Bethesda. My reading is hoax, at this point. Mangoe (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as hoax - Neither me nor Mangoe and presumeably the nom have been unable to find proof that this exists in the claimed form. Hog Farm _Talk 18:55, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. There's a Stone Ridge in Bel Air, and a Stoney Ridge in Carroll county, both neighbourhoods. There is no Stone Ridge that I can find here. This is unverifiable. Uncle G (talk) 21:18, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails GEOFEAT. Probably used proximity to Bethseda for the name. ——Serial 14:35, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.