Whiteside County

E79870

administrative territorial entity county

Whiteside County is a county in northwestern Illinois known for its mix of small rural communities and agricultural landscapes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Whiteside County, Illinois	24
Whiteside County canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T639374 — 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: Whiteside County
Context triple: [Tampico, Illinois, county, Whiteside County]

A. Kane County, Illinois
Kane County, Illinois is a suburban county west of Chicago that forms part of the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
B. Lake County, Illinois
Lake County, Illinois is a suburban county north of Chicago known for its mix of residential communities, forest preserves, and commuter connections into the city.
C. LaSalle County, Illinois
LaSalle County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in north-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and historical sites dating back to early 19th-century settlement.
D. Pike County
Pike County is a county in west-central Georgia, United States, known for its rural character and location within the Atlanta metropolitan area’s broader region.
E. Kendall County, Illinois
Kendall County, Illinois is a rapidly growing suburban county in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its mix of residential communities, farmland, and small towns such as Yorkville and Oswego.
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: Whiteside County
Target entity description: Whiteside County is a county in northwestern Illinois known for its mix of small rural communities and agricultural landscapes.

A. Kane County, Illinois
Kane County, Illinois is a suburban county west of Chicago that forms part of the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
B. Lake County, Illinois
Lake County, Illinois is a suburban county north of Chicago known for its mix of residential communities, forest preserves, and commuter connections into the city.
C. LaSalle County, Illinois
LaSalle County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in north-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and historical sites dating back to early 19th-century settlement.
D. Pike County
Pike County is a county in west-central Georgia, United States, known for its rural character and location within the Atlanta metropolitan area’s broader region.
E. Kendall County, Illinois
Kendall County, Illinois is a rapidly growing suburban county in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its mix of residential communities, farmland, and small towns such as Yorkville and Oswego.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
adjacentToRiver	Mississippi River ⓘ
borderedBy	Carroll County, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Carroll County Clinton County, Iowa ⓘ Henry County, Illinois ⓘ Lee County ⓘ Ogle County ⓘ Rock Island County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Rock Island County Scott County, Iowa ⓘ
contains	Erie ⓘ Fulton ⓘ Morrison ⓘ Prophetstown, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Prophetstown Rock Falls, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Rock Falls Sterling ⓘ Tampico ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Morrison ⓘ
crossedBy	Rock River ⓘ
FIPSCode	17195 ⓘ
GNISID	0427281 ⓘ
hasAreaCode	779 ⓘ 815 ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Illinois Route 40 ⓘ Illinois Route 84 ⓘ Interstate 88 ⓘ U.S. Route 30 ⓘ
hasZIPCode	61071 ⓘ 61081 ⓘ 61230 ⓘ 61250 ⓘ 61252 ⓘ 61261 ⓘ 61262 ⓘ 61270 ⓘ 61277 ⓘ 61281 ⓘ 61283 ⓘ 61285 ⓘ
knownFor	agricultural landscapes ⓘ rural communities ⓘ
largestCity	Sterling ⓘ
locatedIn	Illinois ⓘ northwestern Illinois ⓘ
namedAfter	Samuel Whiteside ⓘ
partOf	Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois
seat	Morrison ⓘ
stateFIPSCode	17 ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

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

Tampico, Illinois, United States → county → Whiteside County ⓘ

subject surface form: Tampico, Illinois

Tampico, Illinois, United States → locatedIn → Whiteside County ⓘ

subject surface form: Tampico, Illinois