Waseca County, Minnesota

E297992

county county of Minnesota

Waseca County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in south-central Minnesota known for its agricultural economy and small-town communities, with Waseca as its county seat.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Waseca County, Minnesota canonical	5
Waseca, Minnesota	5
Waseca County	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2764887 — 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: Waseca County, Minnesota
Context triple: [Rice County, Minnesota, borders, Waseca County, Minnesota]

A. Winona County, Minnesota
Winona County, Minnesota is a county in southeastern Minnesota along the Mississippi River, known for its blufflands, river valleys, and the city of Winona as its county seat.
B. Freeborn County, Minnesota
Freeborn County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in southern Minnesota known for its agricultural economy and county seat of Albert Lea.
C. Anoka County, Minnesota
Anoka County, Minnesota is a suburban county in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area known for its mix of residential communities, commercial development, and access to major transportation routes.
D. Dodge County, Minnesota
Dodge County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in southeastern Minnesota known for its agricultural landscape and small communities such as Mantorville and Kasson.
E. Steele County, Minnesota
Steele County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in southern Minnesota known for its agricultural economy and county seat of Owatonna.
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: Waseca County, Minnesota
Target entity description: Waseca County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in south-central Minnesota known for its agricultural economy and small-town communities, with Waseca as its county seat.

A. Winona County, Minnesota
Winona County, Minnesota is a county in southeastern Minnesota along the Mississippi River, known for its blufflands, river valleys, and the city of Winona as its county seat.
B. Freeborn County, Minnesota
Freeborn County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in southern Minnesota known for its agricultural economy and county seat of Albert Lea.
C. Anoka County, Minnesota
Anoka County, Minnesota is a suburban county in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area known for its mix of residential communities, commercial development, and access to major transportation routes.
D. Dodge County, Minnesota
Dodge County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in southeastern Minnesota known for its agricultural landscape and small communities such as Mantorville and Kasson.
E. Steele County, Minnesota
Steele County, Minnesota is a predominantly rural county in southern Minnesota known for its agricultural economy and county seat of Owatonna.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county ⓘ county of Minnesota ⓘ
characteristic	predominantly rural ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeat	Waseca County, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waseca, Minnesota
FIPSCode	27XXX ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	XXXXXXX ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Waseca County, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waseca, Minnesota other municipalities in Waseca County, Minnesota ⓘ
knownFor	agricultural economy ⓘ small-town communities ⓘ
largestCity	Waseca County, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waseca, Minnesota
locatedIn	Minnesota ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInTimeZone	America/Chicago ⓘ
namedFor	Waseca County, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waseca, Minnesota
partOf	south-central Minnesota ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
state	Minnesota ⓘ
subdivisionName	Waseca County, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waseca County
subdivisionName1	Minnesota ⓘ
subdivisionName2	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
subdivisionType1	state ⓘ
subdivisionType2	country ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time
timeZoneStandard	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Standard Time

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Rice County, Minnesota → borders → Waseca County, Minnesota ⓘ

Steele County, Minnesota → hasBorderWith → Waseca County, Minnesota ⓘ

Freeborn County, Minnesota → borderedBy → Waseca County, Minnesota ⓘ

Waseca County, Minnesota → countySeat → Waseca County, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ