Sapulpa, Oklahoma

E622480

city municipality

Sapulpa, Oklahoma is a small city in northeastern Oklahoma known for its historic Route 66 heritage and role as a filming site for classic American movies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sapulpa	2
Sapulpa, Oklahoma canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6814143 — 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: Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Context triple: [The Outsiders, filmingLocation, Sapulpa, Oklahoma]

A. Poteau, Oklahoma
Poteau, Oklahoma is a small city in Le Flore County known as a regional hub in eastern Oklahoma near the Arkansas border, close to Fort Smith.
B. Quapaw, Oklahoma
Quapaw, Oklahoma is a small town in northeastern Oklahoma that serves as the governmental and cultural center of the Quapaw Nation.
C. Shattuck, Oklahoma
Shattuck, Oklahoma is a small town in northwestern Oklahoma known for its rural character and historic windmill park.
D. Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Sallisaw, Oklahoma is a small city in eastern Oklahoma known as the county seat of Sequoyah County and a local hub near the Arkansas border.
E. Arkoma, Oklahoma
Arkoma, Oklahoma is a small town in Le Flore County that functions as a residential community adjacent to Fort Smith, Arkansas, within the Fort Smith metropolitan area.
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: Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Target entity description: Sapulpa, Oklahoma is a small city in northeastern Oklahoma known for its historic Route 66 heritage and role as a filming site for classic American movies.

A. Poteau, Oklahoma
Poteau, Oklahoma is a small city in Le Flore County known as a regional hub in eastern Oklahoma near the Arkansas border, close to Fort Smith.
B. Quapaw, Oklahoma
Quapaw, Oklahoma is a small town in northeastern Oklahoma that serves as the governmental and cultural center of the Quapaw Nation.
C. Shattuck, Oklahoma
Shattuck, Oklahoma is a small town in northwestern Oklahoma known for its rural character and historic windmill park.
D. Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Sallisaw, Oklahoma is a small city in eastern Oklahoma known as the county seat of Sequoyah County and a local hub near the Arkansas border.
E. Arkoma, Oklahoma
Arkoma, Oklahoma is a small town in Le Flore County that functions as a residential community adjacent to Fort Smith, Arkansas, within the Fort Smith metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countrySubdivision	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Creek County NERFINISHED ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	brick manufacturing ⓘ glass manufacturing ⓘ oil industry ⓘ
foundedAs	railroad town ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasAreaCode	539 ⓘ 918 ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent	Route 66 themed events ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Sapulpa Public Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Sapulpa High School NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Downtown Sapulpa Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Sapulpa Trolley and Rail Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Waite Phillips Filling Station Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndustry	manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ transportation services ⓘ
hasMuseum	Sapulpa Historical Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostOffice	Sapulpa post office ⓘ
hasRailServiceHistory	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis–San Francisco Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	oil boom town ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Creek County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Route 66 heritage ⓘ as a filming location for American movies ⓘ brick manufacturing history ⓘ glass industry history ⓘ historic downtown ⓘ
locatedIn	United States Great Plains region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Green Country NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedNearRiver	Polecat Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Chief Sapulpa NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Tulsa, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyIn	Tulsa County NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Tulsa metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfCorridor	Historic U.S. Route 66 corridor in Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Oklahoma ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy	Historic Route 66 alignment NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma State Highway 33 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 66 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 75 Alternate NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

The Outsiders → filmingLocation → Sapulpa, Oklahoma ⓘ

Green Country → containsCity → Sapulpa, Oklahoma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sapulpa

Tulsa metropolitan area → includesCity → Sapulpa, Oklahoma ⓘ