Guilford County

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administrative territorial entity county

Guilford County is a county in north-central North Carolina known for encompassing the cities of Greensboro and High Point and serving as a regional economic and cultural hub.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guilford County, North Carolina	46
Guilford County canonical	9
Guilford County, North Carolina, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1119564 — 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: Guilford County
Context triple: [Greensboro, North Carolina, county, Guilford County]

A. Cumberland County, North Carolina
Cumberland County, North Carolina is a county in the southeastern part of the state that includes the city of Fayetteville and is home to the major U.S. Army installation Fort Liberty.
B. Durham County, North Carolina
Durham County, North Carolina is an urban county in the central part of the state, best known as home to the city of Durham and Duke University.
C. Gaston County
Gaston County is a county in North Carolina that forms part of the greater Charlotte metropolitan region, combining suburban communities with industrial and natural areas.
D. Rowan County
Rowan County is a county in North Carolina that lies within the greater Charlotte metropolitan region.
E. Franklin County, North Carolina
Franklin County, North Carolina is a predominantly rural county in the north-central part of the state, known for its agricultural economy, small towns, and proximity to the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area.
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: Guilford County
Target entity description: Guilford County is a county in north-central North Carolina known for encompassing the cities of Greensboro and High Point and serving as a regional economic and cultural hub.

A. Cumberland County, North Carolina
Cumberland County, North Carolina is a county in the southeastern part of the state that includes the city of Fayetteville and is home to the major U.S. Army installation Fort Liberty.
B. Durham County, North Carolina
Durham County, North Carolina is an urban county in the central part of the state, best known as home to the city of Durham and Duke University.
C. Gaston County
Gaston County is a county in North Carolina that forms part of the greater Charlotte metropolitan region, combining suburban communities with industrial and natural areas.
D. Rowan County
Rowan County is a county in North Carolina that lies within the greater Charlotte metropolitan region.
E. Franklin County, North Carolina
Franklin County, North Carolina is a predominantly rural county in the north-central part of the state, known for its agricultural economy, small towns, and proximity to the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
contains	Gibsonville, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Gibsonville Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Greensboro High Point, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: High Point Jamestown ⓘ Oak Ridge ⓘ Pleasant Garden ⓘ Sedalia ⓘ Stokesdale ⓘ Summerfield ⓘ Whitsett ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeat	Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Greensboro
daylightSavingTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasAirport	Piedmont Triad International Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction	Greensboro Science Center ⓘ Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ High Point Market ⓘ surface form: High Point Furniture Market International Civil Rights Center & Museum ⓘ surface form: International Civil Rights Center and Museum
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Greensboro College ⓘ Guilford College ⓘ High Point University ⓘ North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ University of North Carolina at Greensboro ⓘ
hasIndustry	furniture manufacturing ⓘ healthcare services ⓘ higher education ⓘ logistics and distribution ⓘ
hasJudicialDistrict	North Carolina District Court ⓘ surface form: North Carolina District Court District 18 North Carolina Superior Court District 18 ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody	Guilford County Board of Commissioners ⓘ
isRegionalHubFor	culture ⓘ economy ⓘ transportation ⓘ
largestCity	Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Greensboro
locatedIn	North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Piedmont Triad ⓘ north-central North Carolina ⓘ
namedAfter	Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford ⓘ
partOf	Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point–Burlington CSA ⓘ surface form: Combined statistical area: Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point CSA Greensboro–High Point metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: United States Census Bureau metropolitan statistical area: Greensboro–High Point MSA
secondLargestCity	High Point, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: High Point
state	North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy	Interstate 40 ⓘ Interstate 73 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 840 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 85 ⓘ

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Referenced by (56)

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

Greensboro, North Carolina → county → Guilford County ⓘ

Greensboro, North Carolina → isCountySeatOf → Guilford County ⓘ

High Point University → locatedIn → Guilford County ⓘ