Kaskaskia, Illinois

E218050

former state capital historic place village

Kaskaskia, Illinois is a historic village on the Mississippi River that served as the first capital of Illinois and one of the earliest European settlements in the region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kaskaskia, Illinois canonical	7
Kaskaskia	6
Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1925540 — 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: Kaskaskia, Illinois
Context triple: [Daniel Pope Cook, residence, Kaskaskia, Illinois]

A. Vandalia, Illinois
Vandalia, Illinois is a historic city that served as an early state capital and a key western terminus of 19th-century transportation routes in Illinois.
B. Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
C. Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
D. Danville, Illinois
Danville, Illinois is a small industrial city in eastern Illinois known historically for manufacturing, coal mining, and as the hometown of several notable entertainers and athletes.
E. Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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: Kaskaskia, Illinois
Target entity description: Kaskaskia, Illinois is a historic village on the Mississippi River that served as the first capital of Illinois and one of the earliest European settlements in the region.

A. Vandalia, Illinois
Vandalia, Illinois is a historic city that served as an early state capital and a key western terminus of 19th-century transportation routes in Illinois.
B. Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
C. Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
D. Danville, Illinois
Danville, Illinois is a small industrial city in eastern Illinois known historically for manufacturing, coal mining, and as the hometown of several notable entertainers and athletes.
E. Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former state capital ⓘ historic place ⓘ village ⓘ
accessedFrom	Missouri by land ⓘ
capitalFrom	1818 ⓘ
capitalUntil	1819 ⓘ
capturedBy	George Rogers Clark ⓘ
capturedDuring	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
capturedInYear	1778 ⓘ
contains	Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Randolph County, Illinois ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Illinois peoples ⓘ surface form: Kaskaskia people
formerCapitalOf	Illinois ⓘ
foundedAs	French colonial settlement ⓘ
foundedBy	French colonists ⓘ
geographicalChange	partially isolated by changes in Mississippi River course ⓘ
governedAs	unincorporated community ⓘ
hadInstitution	Catholic mission ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	state historic site (Illinois) ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Liberty Bell ⓘ surface form: Liberty Bell of the West
historicalEra	British colonial period in North America ⓘ French colonial period in North America ⓘ early United States period ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedInRegion	American Bottoms ⓘ surface form: American Bottom Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter	Illinois peoples ⓘ surface form: Kaskaskia people
notableFeature	frequent flooding ⓘ historic French colonial architecture remnants ⓘ small population ⓘ
partOf	French colonial Louisiana ⓘ surface form: French Louisiana Illinois Country ⓘ Upper Louisiana ⓘ
populationTrend	significant long-term decline ⓘ
postalCodeType	ZIP code ⓘ
predecessorCapitalOfIllinois	Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ
religiousHeritage	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center of Illinois Territory ⓘ trading post on the Mississippi River ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
successorCapitalOfIllinois	Springfield, Illinois ⓘ Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
wasOneOf	earliest European settlements in Illinois region ⓘ earliest European settlements on the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daniel Pope Cook → residence → Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ

Ninian Edwards → residence → Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory

Treaty of Greenville → signatory → Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ