Jerusalem's Lot, Maine

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fictional location fictional town setting in literature

Jerusalem's Lot, Maine is the fictional small New England town that serves as the primary setting of Stephen King's vampire novel "Salem's Lot."

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine canonical	5
Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine	4
Salem's Lot (fictional town)	1
town of Jerusalem’s Lot	1
town of Salem's Lot	1
’Salem’s Lot (town)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1725260 — 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: Jerusalem's Lot, Maine
Context triple: [Salem's Lot, setIn, Jerusalem's Lot, Maine]

A. Castle Rock
Castle Rock is a rapidly growing commuter town in central Colorado known for its distinctive castle-shaped butte and family-oriented suburban character between Denver and Colorado Springs.
B. Castle Rock
Castle Rock is a psychological horror television series inspired by the interconnected universe of Stephen King’s stories, released as an original program on Hulu.
C. Castle Rock
Castle Rock is the prominent volcanic crag in Edinburgh that forms the dramatic natural foundation of Edinburgh Castle.
D. Windham Falls
Windham Falls is a scenic natural waterfall and popular local getaway spot located near the town of Mirzapur.
E. Gilead, Maine
Gilead, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine near the New Hampshire border, known for its location along the Androscoggin River and its access to outdoor recreation in the White Mountains region.
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: Jerusalem's Lot, Maine
Target entity description: Jerusalem's Lot, Maine is the fictional small New England town that serves as the primary setting of Stephen King's vampire novel "Salem's Lot."

A. Castle Rock
Castle Rock is a rapidly growing commuter town in central Colorado known for its distinctive castle-shaped butte and family-oriented suburban character between Denver and Colorado Springs.
B. Castle Rock
Castle Rock is a psychological horror television series inspired by the interconnected universe of Stephen King’s stories, released as an original program on Hulu.
C. Castle Rock
Castle Rock is the prominent volcanic crag in Edinburgh that forms the dramatic natural foundation of Edinburgh Castle.
D. Windham Falls
Windham Falls is a scenic natural waterfall and popular local getaway spot located near the town of Mirzapur.
E. Gilead, Maine
Gilead, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine near the New Hampshire border, known for its location along the Androscoggin River and its access to outdoor recreation in the White Mountains region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional location ⓘ fictional town ⓘ setting in literature ⓘ
abbreviation	'Salem's Lot ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot
adaptedIn	'Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries) ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries) 'Salem's Lot (2004 miniseries) ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot (2004 miniseries) 'Salem's Lot (2021–) adaptations and related media) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	'Salem's Lot ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot
appearsIn	"Doctor Sleep" (mentioned) ⓘ linked to: Doctor Sleep "It" (mentioned) ⓘ linked to: It (novel) "Jerusalem's Lot" ⓘ linked to: Jerusalem's Lot "One for the Road" ⓘ linked to: One for the Road "The Body" (mentioned) ⓘ linked to: The Body "The Dark Tower" series (mentioned) ⓘ linked to: The Dark Tower series "The Night Flyer" (mentioned) ⓘ 'Salem's Lot ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdBy	Stephen King ⓘ
creator	Stephen King ⓘ
firstAppearance	'Salem's Lot ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot
genreContext	horror fiction ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	New England atmosphere ⓘ isolated setting ⓘ rural community ⓘ
hasFacility	elementary school ⓘ general store ⓘ local bar ⓘ town dump ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	subsequent fictional small towns in horror literature ⓘ
hasLandmark	Marsten House ⓘ local cemetery ⓘ town common ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	Catholic church ⓘ Methodist church ⓘ
hasThemeAssociation	encroaching supernatural horror ⓘ small-town secrets ⓘ
hasType	small town ⓘ
inspiredBy	small towns in Maine ⓘ
inUniverseState	Maine ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Maine ⓘ New England ⓘ
medium	novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ
narrativeFunction	typical small American town corrupted by supernatural evil ⓘ
notableFor	vampire infestation ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse	Stephen King multiverse ⓘ
primarySettingOf	'Salem's Lot ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot

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