Fort Hawkins
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Fort Hawkins was an early 19th-century U.S. military fort and frontier trading post that became the nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Hawkins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T407711 — 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: Fort Hawkins Context triple: [Macon, Georgia, United States, foundedAs, Fort Hawkins]
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A.
Fort Henry
Fort Henry is a historic 19th-century British military fortress and popular tourist site located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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B.
Martinscroft
Martinscroft is a stop on Greater Manchester’s Metrolink light rail network, located on the Airport Line.
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C.
Harpley
Harpley is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, known for its traditional English countryside setting and historic parish church.
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D.
High Rock Tower
High Rock Tower is a historic stone observation tower and former lighthouse in Lynn, Massachusetts, known for its panoramic coastal views and public park setting.
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E.
Castleton
Castleton is a picturesque village in England’s Peak District, known for its surrounding hills, show caves, and historic Peveril Castle.
- 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: Fort Hawkins Target entity description: Fort Hawkins was an early 19th-century U.S. military fort and frontier trading post that became the nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia.
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A.
Fort Henry
Fort Henry is a historic 19th-century British military fortress and popular tourist site located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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B.
Martinscroft
Martinscroft is a stop on Greater Manchester’s Metrolink light rail network, located on the Airport Line.
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C.
Harpley
Harpley is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, known for its traditional English countryside setting and historic parish church.
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D.
High Rock Tower
High Rock Tower is a historic stone observation tower and former lighthouse in Lynn, Massachusetts, known for its panoramic coastal views and public park setting.
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E.
Castleton
Castleton is a picturesque village in England’s Peak District, known for its surrounding hills, show caves, and historic Peveril Castle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
frontier trading post
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military fort ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | log fortification ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Macon, Georgia
ⓘ
Forts in Georgia ⓘ Pre-statehood history of Georgia ⓘ U.S. Army Combat Training Centers ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army posts
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| controlledBy |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coordinateLocation | 32.840°N 83.612°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| hasFunction |
Indian agency post
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military outpost ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barracks
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blockhouses ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ parade ground ⓘ stockade ⓘ trading house ⓘ wooden palisade ⓘ |
| hasReconstruction | partial reconstruction of blockhouse ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
archaeological site
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historic site ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1806 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bibb County
ⓘ
surface form:
Bibb County, Georgia
Georgia ⓘ Macon, Georgia, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Macon, Georgia
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
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| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Ocmulgee Mounds
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form:
Ocmulgee Old Fields
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| locatedOn | east bank of the Ocmulgee River ⓘ |
| material |
earthworks
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Benjamin Hawkins ⓘ |
| occupant | United States Army ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator |
Macon, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Macon (as historic site)
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| partOf |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American frontier
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| significantEvent |
served as major U.S. military headquarters in the Southeast during War of 1812
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served as supply depot for campaigns against Creek Indians ⓘ |
| significantFor |
being nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia
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role in U.S.–Creek relations ⓘ role in early expansion of the United States in the Southeast ⓘ |
| startTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Creek War (1813–1814)
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surface form:
Creek War
War of 1812 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Hawkins Description of subject: Fort Hawkins was an early 19th-century U.S. military fort and frontier trading post that became the nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia.
Referenced by (1)
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