Talk:State Road, Delaware

Missed this one!

I'm in and out on Wikipedia when looking up things, and usually don't notice my notifications. (Plus, last month around that time, I was preoccupied with a big trip I was taking). I would of course say "keep", though I realize there is really scant information on this place. That's what to begin with prompted me to write my blog article on it (which User:Mangoe, who voted "delete" had linked to in the delete discussion).

But what should be noted, and is mentioned in my article is that the place was originally the merger of the old colonial era horse carrriage roads that preceded both US 13 and 40, with a short section of the 13 predecessor still extant as "Old State Road", and that there was a railroad station there. Some of the info came from locals who knew the history of the area, and of course are not acceptable sources for the wiki. However, I did in the blog article link to an old railroad map that shows it as a stop. When the current roads were built 100 years ago, then "State Road" became the new intersection built 1000ft north of the original one, with an Esso/Exxon station in the fork ever since. That is what "State Road" afterwards truly referred to. And it was still very well known, as that was the "crossroads of the nation" before the interstates were built in the 60's. The bus station; a half-mile away, simply took the name as a destination, but there never was any community called "State Road"; the most may have been a tiny village with a post office and railroad station that formed as a hub around the old horse carriage junction, but there isn't really any further info yet on this. I see that User:Indy beetle has found some more stuff that I hadn't found yet.

So I think that as a place name, it IS significant enough to stay here, but we must continue to look for more sources/info on it. Eric B (talk) 14:26, 29 October 2022 (UTC)