Fort Ann, New York

E289804

municipality town

Fort Ann, New York is a small historic town and village in eastern New York State, near the Vermont border, known for its role in the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Ann, New York canonical	3
Fort Ann (village), New York	2
Fort Ann (historic fort)	1
Fort Anne, New York	1
West Fort Ann, New York	1
town of Fort Ann, New York	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2665181 — 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: Fort Ann, New York
Context triple: [Washington County, New York, contains, Fort Ann, New York]

A. Fort Montgomery, New York
Fort Montgomery, New York is a small hamlet in Orange County best known for its strategic Revolutionary War fortifications overlooking the Hudson River near Bear Mountain.
B. Ticonderoga, New York
Ticonderoga, New York is a historic town in northeastern New York State best known for its strategic location between Lake George and Lake Champlain and the nearby Fort Ticonderoga.
C. Fort Edward, New York
Fort Edward, New York is a small historic village in northeastern New York State known for its role in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
D. Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
E. Fort Orange
Fort Orange was a 17th-century Dutch fur-trading post and military fortification located near present-day Albany, New York, that served as a key outpost of the colony of New Netherland.
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: Fort Ann, New York
Target entity description: Fort Ann, New York is a small historic town and village in eastern New York State, near the Vermont border, known for its role in the American Revolutionary War.

A. Fort Montgomery, New York
Fort Montgomery, New York is a small hamlet in Orange County best known for its strategic Revolutionary War fortifications overlooking the Hudson River near Bear Mountain.
B. Ticonderoga, New York
Ticonderoga, New York is a historic town in northeastern New York State best known for its strategic location between Lake George and Lake Champlain and the nearby Fort Ticonderoga.
C. Fort Edward, New York
Fort Edward, New York is a small historic village in northeastern New York State known for its role in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
D. Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
E. Fort Orange
Fort Orange was a 17th-century Dutch fur-trading post and military fortification located near present-day Albany, New York, that served as a key outpost of the colony of New Netherland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
borders	Dresden, New York ⓘ surface form: Town of Dresden, New York Fort Edward, New York ⓘ surface form: Town of Fort Edward, New York Granville, New York ⓘ surface form: Town of Granville, New York Town of Hartford, New York ⓘ Kingsbury, New York ⓘ surface form: Town of Kingsbury, New York Town of Putnam, New York ⓘ Town of Queensbury ⓘ surface form: Town of Queensbury, New York
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Washington County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedBy	Champlain Canal ⓘ New York State Route 149 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 4 ⓘ
hasAreaCode	518 ⓘ 838 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	historic community ⓘ small population ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasEconomyType	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	town council ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	Battle of Fort Anne ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
hasLandUse	rural ⓘ
hasNearbyStateBorder	New York–Vermont border ⓘ surface form: Vermont–New York state line
hasPart	Fort Ann, New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Ann (village), New York
hasPostalCode	12827 ⓘ
hasVillage	Fort Ann, New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Ann (village), New York
incorporatedAsTownIn	18th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeastern United States ⓘ eastern New York ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Hudson Valley ⓘ surface form: Upper Hudson River Valley
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake George, New York ⓘ Vermont ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway	Champlain Canal ⓘ Wood Creek (New York) ⓘ
namedAfter	Fort Ann, New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Ann (historic fort)
observesDaylightSavingTime	yes ⓘ
partOf	Glens Falls metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area
partOfCampaign	Saratoga campaign ⓘ
regionType	town and village ⓘ
settledIn	18th century ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Washington County, New York → contains → Fort Ann, New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Fort Ann, New York

Battle of Fort Anne → location → Fort Ann, New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Anne, New York

Queensbury, New York → borders → Fort Ann, New York ⓘ

Fort Ann, New York → hasVillage → Fort Ann, New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Ann (village), New York

Fort Ann, New York → namedAfter → Fort Ann, New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Ann (historic fort)

Fort Ann, New York → hasPart → Fort Ann, New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Ann (village), New York

New York State Route 149 → passesThrough → Fort Ann, New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: town of Fort Ann, New York

Kingsbury, New York → borders → Fort Ann, New York ⓘ

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