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Esso mapmakers created the fake community of Agloe as a"copyright trap" to catch those who tried to copy their maps. Later, a general store opened in that location and called itself Agloe General Store, because they saw Agloe on an Esso map.
Rand McNally put Algoe in their maps, since that's what the Delaware County administration had named that settlement. When Esso tried suing Rand McNally for copyright infringement, they failed, because Algoe had suddenly turned into a real place. In short, this paper town became a real one.
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