Point Pleasant, West Virginia

E448280

city county seat

Point Pleasant, West Virginia is a small historic city at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, known for the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant and its association with the Mothman legend.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Point Pleasant	2
Point Pleasant, West Virginia canonical	2
Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3692750 — 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: Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Context triple: [Point Pleasant, Ohio, namedAfter, Point Pleasant, West Virginia]

A. Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically for coal mining and its location amid the Appalachian foothills.
B. Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia is a mid-sized city along the Ohio River that serves as a regional economic and transportation hub in western West Virginia.
C. Matoaka, West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia, is a small incorporated town in southern West Virginia that developed as a coal-mining community in the Appalachian region.
D. Bolivar, West Virginia
Bolivar, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Jefferson County in the eastern panhandle of the state, near Harpers Ferry.
E. Sophia, West Virginia
Sophia, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of the state.
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: Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Target entity description: Point Pleasant, West Virginia is a small historic city at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, known for the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant and its association with the Mothman legend.

A. Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically for coal mining and its location amid the Appalachian foothills.
B. Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia is a mid-sized city along the Ohio River that serves as a regional economic and transportation hub in western West Virginia.
C. Matoaka, West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia, is a small incorporated town in southern West Virginia that developed as a coal-mining community in the Appalachian region.
D. Bolivar, West Virginia
Bolivar, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Jefferson County in the eastern panhandle of the state, near Harpers Ferry.
E. Sophia, West Virginia
Sophia, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of the state.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
areaCode	304 ⓘ 681 ⓘ
associatedWith	Mothman sightings of 1966–1967 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	1967 Silver Bridge collapse ⓘ
battleBelligerent	Shawnee and Mingo warriors ⓘ Virginia militia NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleCommander	Andrew Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cornstalk NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleDate	October 10, 1774 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Mason County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn	18th century ⓘ
hasAttraction	Mothman Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Mothman statue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomySector	river transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFestival	Mothman Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Point Pleasant Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent	Battle of Point Pleasant NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Lowe Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ Mason County Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonument	Battle of Point Pleasant monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Cornstalk monument NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum	Point Pleasant River Museum (and Learning Center) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPark	Tu-Endie-Wei State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure	Silver Bridge (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Mason County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Point Pleasant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mothman legend NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf	Kanawha River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Mason County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Western West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Ohio River Scenic Byway NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOpposite	Gallipolis, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Point Pleasant (geographic point) NERFINISHED ⓘ
parkCommemorates	Battle of Point Pleasant NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Appalachia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode	25550 ⓘ
state	West Virginia ⓘ
transportation	U.S. Route 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia Route 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Point Pleasant, Ohio, United States → namedAfter → Point Pleasant, West Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Point Pleasant, Ohio

West Virginia Route 2 → connects → Point Pleasant, West Virginia ⓘ

Point Pleasant Beach → borderedBy → Point Pleasant, West Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Point Pleasant

Royal Robbins → placeOfBirth → Point Pleasant, West Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States

Sam Page (actor) → notableWork → Point Pleasant, West Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Sam Page