Magoffin County, Kentucky
E1029866
Magoffin County, Kentucky is a rural county in eastern Kentucky known for its Appalachian heritage, small communities, and location along key regional transportation routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Magoffin County, Kentucky canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10397730 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magoffin County, Kentucky Context triple: [Kentucky Route 80, passesThrough, Magoffin County, Kentucky]
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A.
McCracken County, Kentucky
McCracken County, Kentucky is a county in western Kentucky known for encompassing the city of Paducah, a regional hub for culture, commerce, and river-based industry.
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B.
Hopkins County, Kentucky
Hopkins County, Kentucky is a county in western Kentucky known for its coal mining heritage and county seat of Madisonville.
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C.
Leslie County, Kentucky
Leslie County, Kentucky is a rural, mountainous county in southeastern Kentucky known for its coal mining heritage and location in the Appalachian region.
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D.
Pike County, Kentucky
Pike County, Kentucky is a coal-rich Appalachian county in eastern Kentucky known for its rugged mountainous terrain and historic Hatfield–McCoy feud connections.
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E.
Grant County, Kentucky
Grant County, Kentucky is a rural county in northern Kentucky known for its small communities and location along major transportation routes between Cincinnati and Lexington.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magoffin County, Kentucky Target entity description: Magoffin County, Kentucky is a rural county in eastern Kentucky known for its Appalachian heritage, small communities, and location along key regional transportation routes.
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A.
McCracken County, Kentucky
McCracken County, Kentucky is a county in western Kentucky known for encompassing the city of Paducah, a regional hub for culture, commerce, and river-based industry.
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B.
Hopkins County, Kentucky
Hopkins County, Kentucky is a county in western Kentucky known for its coal mining heritage and county seat of Madisonville.
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C.
Leslie County, Kentucky
Leslie County, Kentucky is a rural, mountainous county in southeastern Kentucky known for its coal mining heritage and location in the Appalachian region.
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D.
Pike County, Kentucky
Pike County, Kentucky is a coal-rich Appalachian county in eastern Kentucky known for its rugged mountainous terrain and historic Hatfield–McCoy feud connections.
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E.
Grant County, Kentucky
Grant County, Kentucky is a rural county in northern Kentucky known for its small communities and location along major transportation routes between Cincinnati and Lexington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
ⓘ
county in Kentucky ⓘ |
| borders |
Breathitt County, Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Floyd County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnson County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Knott County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Menifee County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgan County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolfe County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeat | Salyersville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1860 ⓘ |
| establishedIn | 1860 ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 21153 ⓘ |
| GNISID | 0512730 ⓘ |
| hasAppalachianCulture | true ⓘ |
| hasFeature | Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | county government ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://magoffincounty.ky.gov/ ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Appalachian Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Salyersville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInCongressionalDistrict | Kentucky's 5th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLandlocked | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRural | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Appalachian heritage
ⓘ
rural character ⓘ small communities ⓘ |
| largestCity | Salyersville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appalachia
ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ eastern Kentucky ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Beriah Magoffin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bureau of the Census
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surface form:
United States Census Bureau
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| postalAbbreviation | KY ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Kentucky Coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seat | Salyersville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatType | county seat ⓘ |
| state | Kentucky ⓘ |
| subdivisionName1 | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionName2 | Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | county ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Mountain Parkway
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Magoffin County, Kentucky Description of subject: Magoffin County, Kentucky is a rural county in eastern Kentucky known for its Appalachian heritage, small communities, and location along key regional transportation routes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.