Barretville, Tennessee, United States

E616798

populated place unincorporated community

Barretville, Tennessee, United States is a small community best known as the birthplace of influential blues and soul singer Bobby "Blue" Bland.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Barretville, Tennessee, United States canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6739808 — 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: Barretville, Tennessee, United States
Context triple: [Bobby "Blue" Bland, placeOfBirth, Barretville, Tennessee, United States]

A. Luttrell, Tennessee
Luttrell, Tennessee is a small rural community in eastern Tennessee known for its quiet, agricultural character and proximity to the Knoxville metropolitan area.
B. Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States
Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States is a small town best known as the birthplace of rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins.
C. Riverside, Tennessee
Riverside, Tennessee is a small unincorporated community located in Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee, near the Tennessee River.
D. Waverly, Tennessee
Waverly, Tennessee is a small city in Humphreys County known as a local commercial and governmental center in the western portion of Middle Tennessee.
E. Rutledge, Tennessee
Rutledge, Tennessee is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grainger County.
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: Barretville, Tennessee, United States
Target entity description: Barretville, Tennessee, United States is a small community best known as the birthplace of influential blues and soul singer Bobby "Blue" Bland.

A. Luttrell, Tennessee
Luttrell, Tennessee is a small rural community in eastern Tennessee known for its quiet, agricultural character and proximity to the Knoxville metropolitan area.
B. Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States
Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States is a small town best known as the birthplace of rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins.
C. Riverside, Tennessee
Riverside, Tennessee is a small unincorporated community located in Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee, near the Tennessee River.
D. Waverly, Tennessee
Waverly, Tennessee is a small city in Humphreys County known as a local commercial and governmental center in the western portion of Middle Tennessee.
E. Rutledge, Tennessee
Rutledge, Tennessee is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grainger County.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	populated place ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
birthPlace	Barretville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivision	Tennessee ⓘ
governedAs	unincorporated area ⓘ
hasAreaCode	901 ⓘ
hasCounty	Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Bobby "Blue" Bland ⓘ linked to: Bobby Bland
hasPostalCodeType	ZIP code ⓘ
hasState	Tennessee ⓘ
knownFor	being the birthplace of Bobby "Blue" Bland ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ United States South ⓘ linked to: Southern United States
locatedInRegion	Memphis metropolitan area ⓘ West Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
partOf	Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
settlementType	rural community ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone