Calhoun County, Illinois
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Calhoun County, Illinois is a rural, narrow peninsula-like county in southwestern Illinois situated between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, known for its orchards, river bluffs, and small communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calhoun County, Illinois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9096414 — 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: Calhoun County, Illinois Context triple: [St. Charles County, Missouri, borders, Calhoun County, Illinois]
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A.
Randolph County, Illinois
Randolph County, Illinois is a historically significant county in southwestern Illinois along the Mississippi River, known for including the early territorial capital of Kaskaskia and other important early American frontier sites.
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B.
Hancock County, Illinois
Hancock County, Illinois is a rural county in western Illinois along the Mississippi River, historically known for the city of Nauvoo and its significance in early Latter-day Saint history.
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C.
Carroll County, Illinois
Carroll County, Illinois is a rural county in northwestern Illinois along the Mississippi River, known for its agricultural landscape and small communities.
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D.
Richland County, Illinois
Richland County, Illinois is a rural county in southeastern Illinois known for its agricultural landscape and small communities, with Olney as its county seat.
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E.
Stephenson County, Illinois
Stephenson County, Illinois is a county in northern Illinois known for its agricultural landscape, small towns such as Cedarville, and its county seat of Freeport.
- 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: Calhoun County, Illinois Target entity description: Calhoun County, Illinois is a rural, narrow peninsula-like county in southwestern Illinois situated between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, known for its orchards, river bluffs, and small communities.
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A.
Randolph County, Illinois
Randolph County, Illinois is a historically significant county in southwestern Illinois along the Mississippi River, known for including the early territorial capital of Kaskaskia and other important early American frontier sites.
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B.
Hancock County, Illinois
Hancock County, Illinois is a rural county in western Illinois along the Mississippi River, historically known for the city of Nauvoo and its significance in early Latter-day Saint history.
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C.
Carroll County, Illinois
Carroll County, Illinois is a rural county in northwestern Illinois along the Mississippi River, known for its agricultural landscape and small communities.
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D.
Richland County, Illinois
Richland County, Illinois is a rural county in southeastern Illinois known for its agricultural landscape and small communities, with Olney as its county seat.
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E.
Stephenson County, Illinois
Stephenson County, Illinois is a county in northern Illinois known for its agricultural landscape, small towns such as Cedarville, and its county seat of Freeport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | county of Illinois ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Greene County, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jersey County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Pike County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Charles County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic | rural ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeat | Hardin, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 17-013 ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
Batchtown, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Belleview, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Crater, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Deer Plain, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilead, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Eagle, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamburg, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Hardin, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Kampsville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Kane, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ McCauley, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Meppen, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozier, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Nutwood, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Palisades, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabor, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Tupelo, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Winneberg, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fruit farming
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
floodplains
ⓘ
river bluffs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
orchards
ⓘ
river bluffs ⓘ small communities ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | Hardin, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Illinois River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southwestern Illinois ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John C. Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Greater St. Louis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | peninsula-like ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Calhoun County, Illinois Description of subject: Calhoun County, Illinois is a rural, narrow peninsula-like county in southwestern Illinois situated between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, known for its orchards, river bluffs, and small communities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.