Waukesha County, Wisconsin

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administrative territorial entity county

Waukesha County, Wisconsin is a suburban county west of Milwaukee known for its numerous lakes, parks, and growing residential communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Waukesha County, Wisconsin canonical	15
Waukesha County	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1606863 — 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: Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Context triple: [Fox River (Illinois–Wisconsin), flowsThrough, Waukesha County, Wisconsin]

A. Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Kenosha County, Wisconsin is a county in southeastern Wisconsin that forms part of the greater Chicago metropolitan area, serving as a suburban and exurban region between Chicago and Milwaukee.
B. Walworth County, Wisconsin
Walworth County, Wisconsin is a county in southeastern Wisconsin known for its lakeside communities, tourism, and historic scientific and educational institutions.
C. Brown County, Wisconsin
Brown County, Wisconsin is a county in northeastern Wisconsin that includes the city of Green Bay and serves as an important regional center for industry, transportation, and culture.
D. Racine County, Wisconsin
Racine County, Wisconsin is a county in southeastern Wisconsin along Lake Michigan, known for its industrial city of Racine and its proximity to the Chicago–Milwaukee metropolitan corridor.
E. Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin is a county in east-central Wisconsin known for its agricultural landscape, manufacturing base, and the city of Fond du Lac on the southern shore of Lake Winnebago.
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: Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Target entity description: Waukesha County, Wisconsin is a suburban county west of Milwaukee known for its numerous lakes, parks, and growing residential communities.

A. Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Kenosha County, Wisconsin is a county in southeastern Wisconsin that forms part of the greater Chicago metropolitan area, serving as a suburban and exurban region between Chicago and Milwaukee.
B. Walworth County, Wisconsin
Walworth County, Wisconsin is a county in southeastern Wisconsin known for its lakeside communities, tourism, and historic scientific and educational institutions.
C. Brown County, Wisconsin
Brown County, Wisconsin is a county in northeastern Wisconsin that includes the city of Green Bay and serves as an important regional center for industry, transportation, and culture.
D. Racine County, Wisconsin
Racine County, Wisconsin is a county in southeastern Wisconsin along Lake Michigan, known for its industrial city of Racine and its proximity to the Chicago–Milwaukee metropolitan corridor.
E. Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin is a county in east-central Wisconsin known for its agricultural landscape, manufacturing base, and the city of Fond du Lac on the southern shore of Lake Winnebago.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
borders	Dodge County, Wisconsin ⓘ Jefferson County, Wisconsin ⓘ Milwaukee County ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Racine County, Wisconsin ⓘ Walworth County, Wisconsin ⓘ Washington County, Wisconsin ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
formedFrom	Milwaukee County ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
hasAirport	Waukesha County Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic	largely suburban and exurban ⓘ
hasCity	Brookfield ⓘ surface form: Brookfield, Wisconsin Muskego ⓘ surface form: Muskego, Wisconsin New Berlin, Wisconsin ⓘ Oconomowoc ⓘ surface form: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Pewaukee ⓘ surface form: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
hasCountySeat	Waukesha, Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: City of Waukesha
hasGovernmentType	county government ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Carroll University ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ⓘ surface form: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Waukesha
hasJudicialSeat	Waukesha County Courthouse ⓘ
hasLake	Lac La Belle ⓘ Nagawicka Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Okauchee Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Pewaukee Lake ⓘ
hasLargestCity	Waukesha, Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: City of Waukesha
hasLegislativeBody	Waukesha County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasPark	Fox Brook Park ⓘ Frame Park ⓘ Minooka Park ⓘ Nashotah Park ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Kettle Moraine State Forest ⓘ surface form: Kettle Moraine State Forest (Southern Unit, partial)
hasTransportationCorridor	Interstate 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 94 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin State Highway 16 ⓘ
hasVillage	Elm Grove, Wisconsin ⓘ Hartland ⓘ surface form: Hartland, Wisconsin Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ surface form: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Mukwonago, Wisconsin ⓘ Oconomowoc Lake ⓘ surface form: Oconomowoc Lake, Wisconsin Sussex, Wisconsin ⓘ
isSuburbanTo	Milwaukee ⓘ surface form: City of Milwaukee
knownFor	numerous lakes ⓘ parks and recreation areas ⓘ suburban residential communities ⓘ
locatedIn	Wisconsin ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter	Potawatomi word for "little fox" or "by the little fox" ⓘ
partOf	Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha combined statistical area ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee metropolitan area
partOfRegion	southeastern Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Wisconsin
state	Wisconsin ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Fox River → flowsThrough → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

subject surface form: Fox River (Illinois–Wisconsin)

Milwaukee County → borders → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waukesha County

Walworth County, Wisconsin → borderedBy → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Racine County, Wisconsin → borderedBy → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Menomonee River → flowsThrough → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District → appliesToJurisdiction → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waukesha County

Waukesha, Wisconsin → locatedIn → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Waukesha, Wisconsin → countySeatOf → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Waukesha, Wisconsin → namedAfter → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Waukesha, Wisconsin → locatedInCounty → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Waukesha, Wisconsin → isCountySeat → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

southeastern Wisconsin → includesCounty → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Wisconsin

this entity surface form: Waukesha County

Mukwonago, Wisconsin → county → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Mukwonago, Wisconsin → locatedIn → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Washington County, Wisconsin → borderedBy → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Mukwonago River → locatedIn → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

subject surface form: Prairie Home Cemetery

Carroll University → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

Archdiocese of Milwaukee → territoryIncludes → Waukesha County, Wisconsin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waukesha County

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