The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 06:13, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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GNIS is sourced to a 1919 (non-topo) map called the New World War Chart, although it's not mentioned by the rather comprehensive state historical society source. Pre-GNIS topos do not show a Hilda, although the coordinates are near Mount Hulda, Missouri. 1969 county history makes no mention of a Hilda. Newer topos show Hilda, but not Mount Hulda. Since the SHS society states that Mount Hulda was formerly known as Hulda, it looks like what probably happened is that the 1919 map made an error and it was then copied into GNIS. Within the last 20 years, the topos were just made with the town names copied from GNIS. So essentially, one 1919 map and GNIS are the only things stating that a Hilda in Benton County ever existed. Given that nobody besides GNIS and the many bot-generated websites trawling GNIS state that Hilda ever existed, I don't think a merge or redirect to Mount Hulda is worth it. Clear GNIS screwup. Hog Farm Bacon 20:53, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 06:13, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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GNIS is sourced to a 1919 (non-topo) map called the New World War Chart, although it's not mentioned by the rather comprehensive state historical society source. Pre-GNIS topos do not show a Hilda, although the coordinates are near Mount Hulda, Missouri. 1969 county history makes no mention of a Hilda. Newer topos show Hilda, but not Mount Hulda. Since the SHS society states that Mount Hulda was formerly known as Hulda, it looks like what probably happened is that the 1919 map made an error and it was then copied into GNIS. Within the last 20 years, the topos were just made with the town names copied from GNIS. So essentially, one 1919 map and GNIS are the only things stating that a Hilda in Benton County ever existed. Given that nobody besides GNIS and the many bot-generated websites trawling GNIS state that Hilda ever existed, I don't think a merge or redirect to Mount Hulda is worth it. Clear GNIS screwup. Hog Farm Bacon 20:53, 26 September 2020 (UTC)