The town that doesn't exist

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By Parabellum @ 2009-11-01 08:21:40
Argleton, a 'phantom town' in Lancashire that appears on Google Maps and online directories but doesn't actually exist, has puzzled internet experts.
Links: www.telegraph.co.uk, www.treehugger.com
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@ 2010-08-31 01:07:23
It's not the only one. Google "Oil City WA" and you'll see another town that never existed, but still shows up on every map I've seen.
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@ 2012-07-08 02:49:12
I heard a documentary about this on BBC R4. Cartographers used to slip in a ghost town here and there. Should the maps later be copied by other map publishers and passed on as their own work, the appearance of a ghost town could be used to prove the crime.