Talk:Big Muddy, Wyoming

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Unincorporated?

Latest comment: 9 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

According to the GNIS link, Big Muddy is a locale meaning "Place at which there is or was human activity; it does not include populated places, mines, and dams (battlefield, crossroad, camp, farm, ghost town, landing, railroad siding, ranch, ruins, site, station, windmill)." Since Unincorporated Community is a subcategory of Category:Populated places, perhaps Big Muddy qualifies not as an unincorporated community, but as a ghost town.– Gilliam (talk) 07:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Locale, in this sense is a nice way of saying that GNIS does not know alot about a set community. A locale, can have a post office, a local can have other significant places. GNIS is not writ in stone, it is a VERY good guide, but not by definition perfect. I have been lucky enough to correct a few GNIS entries, IF people still live there, do you want to tell them the place is not populated? There are ALOT of examples in WV, KY and yes, Wyoming..... Coal town guy (talk) 15:56, 18 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

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