Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Massey Landing, Delaware

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 23:45, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This easternmost point of Long Neck is currently occupied by the sprawling Massey's Landing RV park on the north, a DNR boat ramp in the middle, and an even larger mobile home park on the south, but all of this is relatively recent: the RV park opened in 2015, the boat ramp around 2000. and the mobile homes sometime before 1980, but after the mid 1950s. Aerials from the latter date and before show almost nothing except a few structures which I cannot resolve well enough to make out what they are. At any rate, I can find no evidence of an earlier settlement except a passing reference to archaeological finds, and a bit of local history from a development's website says that it "has been known throughout Delaware’s history as one of the most isolated places in the state." It shows up a fair amount in local news, and the RV park shows up on every campground directory in the country, but I don't think the present place meets our standards, and there's no predecessor settlement to speak of. I can't even find out why it's called Massey's Landing. Mangoe (talk) 23:42, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - I was able to find a bit that Mangoe might not have seen, but really not much, and WP:BEFORE was comprehensive here. There are references to post-1947 activity at the location; this reference suggests the descendants of James M. Tunnell were the "first to dredge and fill marshy land that they owned near Massey's Landing". That would suggest that the location existed pre-1947 but that there wasn't much there until the point where Tunnell had descendants (he died in 1957). It would also suggest that "Massey's Landing", rather than "Massey Landing" is the name supported by RS. From there, there are references to the place in fictional books (centred around real locations) and various post-1970s environmental management reports. This report provides incidental coverage of archaeology and history, but nothing we could use to substantiate WP:Notability. If anything, the report concludes that there was no Paleo-Indian settlement (so notability would need to be derived from the 1950s onward). There are plenty of other passing references from the 1970s and 80s in various reports and directories but nothing close to significant coverage. St★lwart¹¹¹ 00:59, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. ☢️ Radioactive 🎃 (talk) 18:26, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Delaware-related deletion discussions. ☢️ Radioactive 🎃 (talk) 18:26, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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