Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trinity, Indiana

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:23, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Here we go again with the churches, with a twist: GNIS claims this came off a topo, except that in the older topos I can see (which aren't all that old, unfortunately) the church building is there, but it is not marked as such. And the name doesn't appear on the map at all. The church is the only thing here, though the county history says it was predated by a convent a mile west of the church's location (which is gone now and which is another anonymous spot). But there's no mention at all of the a settlement per se. Mangoe (talk) 03:28, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Christianity, Geography, and Indiana. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:15, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• It's to the east at 40°32′28″N 84°50′31″W / 40.541°N 84.842°W / 40.541; -84.842 (Trinity Church) on the 1953 Muncie map with the word "Trinity" right next to the circle, and that's dead on a church symbol for the Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Trinity, Indiana) on the 1960 New Corydon map, even though the name has moved to a cross-roads.

  Baker says that this was a village named after the church. There's no Trinity in Jay in any of the gazetteers. As for the references in Jay County, Indiana#Further reading: The Lewis Biographical has the church mentioned ("situated two and a half miles from New Corydon, on section 17") but no village, and the same goes for the Jay History. Nothing in the shipping guides, or post office directories.

  I found 1996 Borderline Indiana (

  ISBN 9780964237131), which looked promising. But it only discusses the church with a "rectory, school, shelter house and playground" on the church grounds. It uses the word "community" but says nothing except stuff about the church and its congregation.

  I cannot confirm Baker's claim to a village with anything else. This appears to be a mis-labelling, done some time in the 1950s, for the church that we already have another article about. This article is worse than useless. It's downright misleading.

  Uncle G (talk) 07:12, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per Uncle G's research. Clearly a case of a map being mis-read, and we already have an article about the church. That article, incidentally, should be re-titled since there is no Trinity, Indiana. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 12:12, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Uncle G. Eluchil404 (talk) 00:50, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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