Iowa–Minnesota border

E394623

internationally recognized internal boundary state border

The Iowa–Minnesota border is the state line separating Iowa and Minnesota in the Midwestern United States, largely following straight survey lines with some sections defined by rivers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Iowa–Minnesota border canonical	2
Minnesota–Iowa border	2
Minnesota state line	1
Minnesota–Iowa border area	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3869283 — 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: Iowa–Minnesota border
Context triple: [Iowa–South Dakota border, hasNeighboringBorderSegment, Iowa–Minnesota border]

A. Iowa–South Dakota border
The Iowa–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States that largely follows the course of the Big Sioux River, separating Iowa from South Dakota.
B. Minnesota–South Dakota border
The Minnesota–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States separating Minnesota and South Dakota, much of which follows natural features such as rivers and survey lines across the prairie.
C. Nebraska–Iowa border
The Nebraska–Iowa border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Iowa to the east.
D. Nebraska–Missouri border
The Nebraska–Missouri border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Missouri to the east.
E. Nebraska–South Dakota border
The Nebraska–South Dakota border is a U.S. state boundary running largely along the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the south from South Dakota to the north.
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: Iowa–Minnesota border
Target entity description: The Iowa–Minnesota border is the state line separating Iowa and Minnesota in the Midwestern United States, largely following straight survey lines with some sections defined by rivers.

A. Iowa–South Dakota border
The Iowa–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States that largely follows the course of the Big Sioux River, separating Iowa from South Dakota.
B. Minnesota–South Dakota border
The Minnesota–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States separating Minnesota and South Dakota, much of which follows natural features such as rivers and survey lines across the prairie.
C. Nebraska–Iowa border
The Nebraska–Iowa border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Iowa to the east.
D. Nebraska–Missouri border
The Nebraska–Missouri border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Missouri to the east.
E. Nebraska–South Dakota border
The Nebraska–South Dakota border is a U.S. state boundary running largely along the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the south from South Dakota to the north.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internationally recognized internal boundary ⓘ state border ⓘ
adjacentTo	Allamakee County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Clayton County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Dickinson County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Emmet County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Faribault County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Fillmore County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Freeborn County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackson County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Kossuth County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyon County, Iowa ⓘ Martin County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitchell County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mower County, Minnesota ⓘ Nobles County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Osceola County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnebago County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Winneshiek County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Worth County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
establishedBy	acts of the United States Congress ⓘ
follows	straight line segments ⓘ survey lines ⓘ
hasFeature	combination of river and land boundary segments ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasNeighboringStateBorder	Iowa–South Dakota border ⓘ Minnesota–South Dakota border ⓘ Wisconsin–Minnesota border ⓘ surface form: Minnesota–Wisconsin border
legalStatus	state line ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ
orientation	primarily east–west ⓘ
partlyDefinedBy	Big Sioux River ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ
partOf	borders of Iowa ⓘ borders of Minnesota ⓘ
separates	Iowa ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ
usedFor	electoral district delimitation ⓘ jurisdictional boundary ⓘ law enforcement jurisdiction ⓘ taxation jurisdiction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Iowa–South Dakota border → hasNeighboringBorderSegment → Iowa–Minnesota border ⓘ

Rock River → crossesPoliticalBoundary → Iowa–Minnesota border ⓘ

Iowa Highway 60 → connectsTo → Iowa–Minnesota border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minnesota state line

Le Roy, Minnesota → nearStateBorder → Iowa–Minnesota border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minnesota–Iowa border

Hills, Minnesota → borderRegion → Iowa–Minnesota border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minnesota–Iowa border area

Steen, Minnesota → nearestStateBorder → Iowa–Minnesota border ⓘ