Williams County, North Dakota

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county county of North Dakota

Williams County, North Dakota is a county in the northwestern part of the state known for its center of oil production in the Bakken formation and its county seat, Williston.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Williams County, North Dakota canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9806584 — 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: Williams County, North Dakota
Context triple: [North Dakota’s at-large congressional district, includesCounty, Williams County, North Dakota]

A. Cass County, North Dakota
Cass County, North Dakota is a populous county in the eastern part of the state that includes the city of Fargo, a major regional economic and cultural center.
B. Ward County, North Dakota
Ward County, North Dakota is a county in north-central North Dakota that includes the city of Minot, a regional economic and transportation hub.
C. Ward County
Ward County is a sparsely populated county in western Texas known for its oil and gas production and location within the broader West Texas region.
D. Dickey County, North Dakota
Dickey County, North Dakota is a rural county in the southeastern part of North Dakota known for its agricultural landscape and small communities near the South Dakota border.
E. Burleigh County, North Dakota
Burleigh County, North Dakota is a central North Dakota county that includes the state capital city of Bismarck and serves as an important regional hub for government, education, and commerce.
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: Williams County, North Dakota
Target entity description: Williams County, North Dakota is a county in the northwestern part of the state known for its center of oil production in the Bakken formation and its county seat, Williston.

A. Cass County, North Dakota
Cass County, North Dakota is a populous county in the eastern part of the state that includes the city of Fargo, a major regional economic and cultural center.
B. Ward County, North Dakota
Ward County, North Dakota is a county in north-central North Dakota that includes the city of Minot, a regional economic and transportation hub.
C. Ward County
Ward County is a sparsely populated county in western Texas known for its oil and gas production and location within the broader West Texas region.
D. Dickey County, North Dakota
Dickey County, North Dakota is a rural county in the southeastern part of North Dakota known for its agricultural landscape and small communities near the South Dakota border.
E. Burleigh County, North Dakota
Burleigh County, North Dakota is a central North Dakota county that includes the state capital city of Bismarck and serves as an important regional hub for government, education, and commerce.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county ⓘ county of North Dakota ⓘ
bordersCountry	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersCounty	Burke County, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Divide County, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ McKenzie County, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountrail County, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosevelt County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheridan County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersProvince	Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Williston, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsBodyOfWater	Lake Sakakawea NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri River NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCensusDesignatedPlace	Epping, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri Ridge, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Trenton, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Williston Highlands, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity	Epping, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Tioga, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Wildrose, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Williston, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Little Missouri National Grassland (part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTransportationInfrastructure	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) lines NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota Highway 1804 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ Williston Basin International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsUnincorporatedCommunity	Blacktail, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Bonetraill, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Cow Creek, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanks, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Springbrook, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Trenton, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Wheelock, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Williston, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ oil and gas industry ⓘ
knownFor	oil production ⓘ unconventional shale oil development ⓘ
largestCity	Williston, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInGeologicRegion	Bakken formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northwestern North Dakota ⓘ
namedAfter	Erastus Appleman Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Midwestern United States ⓘ surface form: United States Midwest
state	North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionOf	State of North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ Mountain Time Zone ⓘ

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North Dakota’s at-large congressional district → includesCounty → Williams County, North Dakota ⓘ

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