Murphysboro, Illinois, United States

E433771

city municipality

Murphysboro is a small city in southern Illinois known as the hometown of Civil War general and influential U.S. politician John A. Logan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Murphysboro, Illinois	12
Murphysboro, Illinois, United States canonical	1
Murphysboroans	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4367526 — 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: Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
Context triple: [John Alexander Logan, residence, Murphysboro, Illinois, United States]

A. Bourbonnais, Illinois
Bourbonnais, Illinois is a village in Kankakee County known for its suburban character, proximity to Kankakee, and role as home to Olivet Nazarene University.
B. Morrison, Illinois, United States
Morrison, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Robert A. Millikan.
C. Morris, Illinois
Morris, Illinois is a small city in northeastern Illinois that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grundy County.
D. Mokena, Illinois
Mokena, Illinois is a suburban village southwest of Chicago known for its residential communities, good schools, and location within Will County’s growing metropolitan area.
E. Prairie Grove, Illinois
Prairie Grove, Illinois is a small residential village in McHenry County known for its semi-rural character and proximity to the Chicago 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: Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
Target entity description: Murphysboro is a small city in southern Illinois known as the hometown of Civil War general and influential U.S. politician John A. Logan.

A. Bourbonnais, Illinois
Bourbonnais, Illinois is a village in Kankakee County known for its suburban character, proximity to Kankakee, and role as home to Olivet Nazarene University.
B. Morrison, Illinois, United States
Morrison, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Robert A. Millikan.
C. Morris, Illinois
Morris, Illinois is a small city in northeastern Illinois that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grundy County.
D. Mokena, Illinois
Mokena, Illinois is a suburban village southwest of Chicago known for its residential communities, good schools, and location within Will County’s growing metropolitan area.
E. Prairie Grove, Illinois
Prairie Grove, Illinois is a small residential village in McHenry County known for its semi-rural character and proximity to the Chicago metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
areaCode	618 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivision	Midwestern United States ⓘ
countySeatOf	Jackson County, Illinois ⓘ
demographicsLabel	Murphysboroans ⓘ linked to: Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
elevation	approximately 410 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode	17-51678 ⓘ
foundedAs	county seat ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	414322 ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAreaCode	618 ⓘ
hasFestival	Murphysboro Apple Festival ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Murphysboro High School ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Murphysboro Courthouse Square Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricPlace	General John A. Logan Museum ⓘ
hasMuseum	General John A. Logan Museum ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	1925 Tri-State Tornado ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	John A. Logan ⓘ linked to: John Alexander Logan
hasPark	Lake Murphysboro State Park ⓘ Riverside Park (Murphysboro, Illinois) ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary	Murphysboro Public Library ⓘ
hasPublicSchoolDistrict	Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.murphysboro.com/ ⓘ
knownAs	hometown of John A. Logan ⓘ
locatedIn	Illinois ⓘ Jackson County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southern Illinois ⓘ linked to: southern Illinois
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Shawnee National Forest ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Big Muddy River ⓘ
majorDisaster	1925 Tri-State Tornado ⓘ
namedAfter	William C. Murphy ⓘ
nearbyCity	Carbondale, Illinois ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ linked to: Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area
postalCode	62966 ⓘ
primaryAirport	Southern Illinois Airport ⓘ linked to: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois
region	Little Egypt ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone
transportationRoute	Illinois Route 127 ⓘ Illinois Route 13 ⓘ Illinois Route 149 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited