Crosby, Texas
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Crosby, Texas is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Harris County that functions as a suburban area within the Greater Houston metropolitan region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crosby, Texas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2928051 — 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: Crosby, Texas Context triple: [Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, containsCity, Crosby, Texas]
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A.
Crowley, Texas
Crowley, Texas is a small suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its residential communities and family-oriented atmosphere.
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B.
Cresson, Texas
Cresson, Texas is a small rural city in North Texas known for its location at the junction of several major highways southwest of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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C.
Columbus, Texas
Columbus, Texas is a small historic city in southeastern Texas that serves as the county seat of Colorado County and lies west of the greater Houston metropolitan region.
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D.
Rosenberg, Texas
Rosenberg, Texas is a growing suburban city in Fort Bend County that forms part of the greater Houston metropolitan area.
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E.
Cottonwood, Texas
Cottonwood, Texas is a small rural community located within Kaufman County in the state of Texas.
- 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: Crosby, Texas Target entity description: Crosby, Texas is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Harris County that functions as a suburban area within the Greater Houston metropolitan region.
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A.
Crowley, Texas
Crowley, Texas is a small suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its residential communities and family-oriented atmosphere.
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B.
Cresson, Texas
Cresson, Texas is a small rural city in North Texas known for its location at the junction of several major highways southwest of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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C.
Columbus, Texas
Columbus, Texas is a small historic city in southeastern Texas that serves as the county seat of Colorado County and lies west of the greater Houston metropolitan region.
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D.
Rosenberg, Texas
Rosenberg, Texas is a growing suburban city in Fort Bend County that forms part of the greater Houston metropolitan area.
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E.
Cottonwood, Texas
Cottonwood, Texas is a small rural community located within Kaufman County in the state of Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode |
281
ⓘ
346 ⓘ 713 ⓘ 832 ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToHoustonDowntown | approximately 20 miles northeast ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
26 feet
ⓘ
8 meters ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 48-17764 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Gentry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lick Skillet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1333793 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Harris County Commissioners Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElementarySchool |
Barrett Elementary School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crosby Elementary School NERFINISHED ⓘ Drew Elementary School NERFINISHED ⓘ Newport Elementary School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Crosby High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMiddleSchool | Crosby Middle School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Crosby Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newport Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Harris County Public Library Crosby Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDistrict | Crosby Independent School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSuburbOf | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater Houston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRoad |
Farm to Market Road 2100
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Humphrey Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearWaterBody | San Jacinto River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | unincorporated areas of Harris County, Texas ⓘ |
| population | 3038 ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 77532 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicCharacter | suburban residential community ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| primarySubdivisionType | census-designated place ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Crosby Volunteer Fire Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harris County Sheriff’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crosby, Texas Description of subject: Crosby, Texas is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Harris County that functions as a suburban area within the Greater Houston metropolitan region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.