Talk:Loreta, Wisconsin

Loreto, Sauk County, Wisconsin

• Loreto: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Official map of Sauk County
• Loreto: Official Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin
• Loreto: United States Official Postal Guide
• Loretto: Official Sauk County website
• Loreto: Sauk County Historical Society
• Loretto/Loreto: Dictionary of Wisconsin History
• Loreto: Sauk County plat map, 1921
• Loretto/Loreto: Baraboo and Other Place Names in Sauk County, Wisconsin, published just 3 miles away from Loreto.
• Loretto/Loreto: A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin
• Loreto: Diocese of Madison
• Loreto: Catholic Charities, Diocese of Madison
• Loreto: University of Wisconsin-Extension, 2013
• Loreto Old Franklin Township Historical Society — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.152.204 (talk) 02:02, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

• "assisted his father in the management of a farm near Loreto in Sauk county." Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin), January 5, 1944, p. 2, col. 6.
• "Funeral services will be held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Loreto, Sauk County, WI..." The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), June 22, 1976, p. 14, col. 3.
• "The former Frances C. Mousseau was born on April 2, 1913, at Loreto in Sauk County, Wisconsin." The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), August 22, 1981, p. 22, col. 2.
• "St. Mary of Loreto Church, Sauk County, a church built in 1880, will be open to the public for a Mass scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday and an open house until 4 p.m. The church, located on Highway C between Leland and Denzer, is usually closed." Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin), September 8, 1990, p. 3D, col. 4.
• Hundreds more quotes just like those above from over 100 years of Wisconsin newspapers

Not a single one of those examples shows the place name ending in an "a". The people of Wisconsin surely know more about Sauk County than some nameless bureaucrat in Washington. The fact is that the people of Wisconsin call the locale "Loreto". The U.S. Geographic Names Information System has been known to be wrong. But we wouldn't want the facts to interfere with RFD's opinion. 71.139.152.204 (talk) 23:34, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

I am just following the name convention use in Wikipedia. The GNIS for Loreta, Wisconsin has information why the US government used the spelling for Loreta, Wisconsin. Therefore, I am just following the GNIS for Loreta, Wisconsin. Also the Dictionary of Wisconsin History has a listing for Loreta, Wisconsin that 71.139.152.204 did not mentioned. Therefore, I invited 71.139.152.204 to contact the US Board on Geographic Names about a change in the listing. Other editors of Wikipedia have contacted GNIS before about concerns involving comunities. RFD (talk) 10:46, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

The GNIS changed the name to Loreta in 1961, so it's entirely possible that the name has changed since then. I looked at the GNIS records regarding the name changed, and they seem to have changed it based on correspondence with the state and county highway commissions; however, if the county highway map is any indication, the state highway commission is calling it Loreto now. Nearly every other modern source calls this place Loreto, so I'd support a move to that name. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 23:41, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Per comments I revert the change to that of 71.139.152.204. However, I am still not sure of changing the article to reflect the spelling. I would prefer having someone contact GNIS to see what they think before we change the article's title. Thank you-RFD (talk) 00:00, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

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