Paden City, West Virginia
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Paden City, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River known for its glass manufacturing heritage and location spanning Wetzel and Tyler counties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paden City, West Virginia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5804922 — 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: Paden City, West Virginia Context triple: [Wetzel County, West Virginia, hasSettlement, Paden City, West Virginia]
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A.
Ballard, West Virginia
Ballard, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in Monroe County in the southeastern part of the state.
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B.
Parsons, West Virginia
Parsons, West Virginia is a small city in the Allegheny Mountains known as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding rural region.
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C.
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.
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D.
Pughtown, West Virginia
Pughtown, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in Hancock County in the state's northern panhandle.
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E.
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.
- 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: Paden City, West Virginia Target entity description: Paden City, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River known for its glass manufacturing heritage and location spanning Wetzel and Tyler counties.
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A.
Ballard, West Virginia
Ballard, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in Monroe County in the southeastern part of the state.
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B.
Parsons, West Virginia
Parsons, West Virginia is a small city in the Allegheny Mountains known as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding rural region.
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C.
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.
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D.
Pughtown, West Virginia
Pughtown, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in Hancock County in the state's northern panhandle.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
New Martinsville, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sistersville, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode |
304
ⓘ
681 ⓘ |
| bridgeCrosses | Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Tyler County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wetzel County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 190 meters
ⓘ
approximately 620 feet ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 54-62052 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1544530 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Paden City Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Paden City Labor Day Celebration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
residential neighborhoods
ⓘ
riverfront park ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
glass manufacturing
ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ |
| hasPark | Paden City Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiverFront | Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSchool |
Paden City Elementary School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paden City High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasZIPCode | 26159 ⓘ |
| heritage | glass manufacturing heritage ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 20th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Wetzel County School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Paden City Glass Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
glass manufacturing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appalachia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyler County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Wetzel County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Paden family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCensus2010 | 2650 ⓘ |
| populationCensus2020 | approximately 2400 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 26159 ⓘ |
| region | Mid-Ohio Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timezoneDST |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| transportation | West Virginia Route 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paden City, West Virginia Description of subject: Paden City, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River known for its glass manufacturing heritage and location spanning Wetzel and Tyler counties.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.