Talk:Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma

A fact from Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 April 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Dead Women Crossing in Oklahoma is reputedly haunted by a schoolteacher who disappeared the day after she filed for divorce in 1905, and was found murdered two months later?

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something's missing[edit]

Looking at a map raises some questions. If Katie was on her way to Ripley, which is east of Custer City, why did the detective start looking in Clinton, south-southwest? (Perhaps there was no more direct train.)

Where was Moore's house, if not in Clinton? —Tamfang (talk) 18:56, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

community?[edit]

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Dead Women Crossing is a small community on Deer Creek ...

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Topo and satellite view don't show any concentration of dwellings, so in what sense is it a "community"? —Tamfang (talk) 18:23, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And what's it's population? Or is it a ghost town? Ribbet32 (talk) 03:19, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

An unincorporated community doesn't have a population. It is too small to be tabulated by the United State Census. If it were large enough to be counted, it would be a census-designated place. Royal broil 02:46, 8 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

how many?[edit]

It's Dead Woman's Crossing... Not Dead Women Crossing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.90.230.2 (talk) 22:04, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's Women on the USGS topo map. —Tamfang (talk) 09:16, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Missing information[edit]

The article doesn't really explain the how the town acquired the name. Did it have a different name before the murder? Why "Women" instead of "Woman"? Enquiring minds want to know! —howcheng {chat} 18:50, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]