Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raft River, Idaho

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The result was redirect to Raft River. ✗plicit 13:25, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This one can be perhaps chalked up to the map makers themselves, as it's clear from looking backwards through the topos that "Raft River" acquired its present name recently, I have to guess from the building with the big "Raft River Store" sign on it, the only structure at the site. Earlier topos also show a single building, but call the spot "Yale". I couldn't find anything about it under this name, but aerials also show a single building with a drive pulling off the main road to it, suggesting that the older building was also a store. At any rate I couldn't verify that this was ever a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 20:52, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:03, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:03, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: The interstate exit for this place says "Raft River Area". It seems to be the name applied to this rural agricultural area around the exit.[1] (news report from "Raft River" about flooding in 2017).--Milowent • ^hasspoken 19:49, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would imagine that "Raft River area" refers to the Raft River itself. The picture in the article is of the store. Mangoe (talk) 20:28, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article references "Gangell’s home just off Yale Road in Raft River," (not "near" the Raft River, or "on" it) so Raft River appears to refer to the community/rural area near the exit. Darn Americans and their sprawl.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 15:20, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Raft River. I found a lot of hits on Google books, but almost exclusively about geothermal projects around the river, not referring to this particular location. Instead they often refer to the Raft River Geothermal Project (or studies relating to similar projects), which is in a different part of Idaho. Since most results for "Raft River, Idaho" seem to refer to the river itself, it seems like a reasonable redirect target. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:27, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Raft River, as it is a valid search term. No indication there was an actual settlement. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:28, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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