Lexington, Massachusetts

E18252

municipality in the United States town in Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts is a historic New England town best known as the site where the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired at the Battle of Lexington in 1775.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Lexington, Massachusetts canonical	116
Town of Lexington, Massachusetts	17
Town of Lexington	8
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States	3
town of Lexington, Massachusetts	2
History of Lexington, Massachusetts	1
Lexington, Province of Massachusetts Bay	1
town of Lexington	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1949 — 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: Lexington, Massachusetts
Context triple: [Belmont, Massachusetts, borders, Lexington, Massachusetts]

A. Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts is a historic city just west of Boston known for its role in the American Industrial Revolution and as home to institutions like Brandeis University and Bentley University.
B. Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown, Massachusetts is a historic suburban city just west of Boston, known for its early industrial development and significant Armenian-American community.
C. Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea, Massachusetts is a small, densely populated city just north of Boston known for its industrial history, diverse immigrant communities, and location along the Mystic River.
D. Medford, Massachusetts
Medford, Massachusetts is a historic city just northwest of Boston, known for being the home of Tufts University and for its role in early American colonial and industrial history.
E. Malden, Massachusetts
Malden, Massachusetts is a suburban city just north of Boston known for its diverse population, historic neighborhoods, and mix of residential and commercial areas.
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: Lexington, Massachusetts
Target entity description: Lexington, Massachusetts is a historic New England town best known as the site where the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired at the Battle of Lexington in 1775.

A. Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts is a historic city just west of Boston known for its role in the American Industrial Revolution and as home to institutions like Brandeis University and Bentley University.
B. Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown, Massachusetts is a historic suburban city just west of Boston, known for its early industrial development and significant Armenian-American community.
C. Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea, Massachusetts is a small, densely populated city just north of Boston known for its industrial history, diverse immigrant communities, and location along the Mystic River.
D. Medford, Massachusetts
Medford, Massachusetts is a historic city just northwest of Boston, known for being the home of Tufts University and for its role in early American colonial and industrial history.
E. Malden, Massachusetts
Malden, Massachusetts is a suburban city just north of Boston known for its diverse population, historic neighborhoods, and mix of residential and commercial areas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality in the United States ⓘ town in Massachusetts ⓘ
areaCode	339 ⓘ 781 ⓘ
category	American Revolutionary War sites in Massachusetts ⓘ Populated places established in the 1710s ⓘ Towns in Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
elevation	approximately 200 feet ⓘ approximately 61 meters ⓘ
foundedAsTown	1713 ⓘ
governmentType	representative town meeting ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Lexington High School ⓘ
hasLandmark	Buckman Tavern ⓘ Hancock-Clarke House ⓘ Lexington Battle Green ⓘ Minute Man National Historical Park ⓘ Munroe Tavern ⓘ
hasMotto	“What a glorious morning for America” (associated historical phrase) ⓘ
hasNeighbor	Arlington, Massachusetts ⓘ Bedford, Massachusetts ⓘ Belmont, Massachusetts ⓘ Burlington, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ surface form: Burlington, Massachusetts Lincoln, Massachusetts ⓘ Waltham, Massachusetts ⓘ Winchester, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary	Cary Memorial Library ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict	Lexington Public Schools ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ surface form: Battle of Lexington
historicalEventDate	19 April 1775 ⓘ
knownFor	Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ surface form: Battle of Lexington Lexington Battle Green ⓘ Patriots’ Day reenactments ⓘ first shots of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
namedAfter	Lexington, England ⓘ surface form: Lexington, England (probable)
originalName	Cambridge Farms ⓘ
partOf	Greater Boston ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Greater Boston ⓘ surface form: Boston metropolitan area
postalCode	02420 ⓘ 02421 ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
traversedBy	Minuteman Bikeway ⓘ
UTCOffsetDaylightSavingTime	UTC−04:00 ⓘ
UTCOffsetStandardTime	UTC−05:00 ⓘ

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Referenced by (149)

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

Route 225 in Lexington, Massachusetts → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Route 225 (Lexington, Massachusetts)

Hartwell Avenue in Lexington, Massachusetts → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Hartwell Avenue

Battle of Menotomy → relatedPlace → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Route 2A in Lexington, Massachusetts → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lincoln, Massachusetts → borderedBy → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Boston and Maine Railroad Lexington Branch → connectedTo → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Town of Bedford → adjacentTo → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Massachusetts Route 4/225 in Lexington → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Cary Memorial Library → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Cary Memorial Library → serves → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Cary Memorial Library → ownedBy → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Cary Memorial Library → operatedBy → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Hanscom Field → near → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Jill Stein → residence → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

USS Lexington (CV-16) → namedAfter → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Middlesex County → contains → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Middlesex County, Massachusetts

parks and forestry division of Lexington Department of Public Works → operatedBy → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Parks and Forestry Division of Lexington Department of Public Works

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

parks and forestry division of Lexington Department of Public Works → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Parks and Forestry Division of Lexington Department of Public Works

parks and forestry division of Lexington Department of Public Works → jurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Parks and Forestry Division of Lexington Department of Public Works

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts → hasPart → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Minute Man National Historical Park

Yankee Division Highway → passesThrough → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Massachusetts Route 2A → passesThrough → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Town Meeting → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Town Meeting → hasJurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Select Board → governs → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Select Board → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Select Board → appliesToJurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Select Board → headOfGovernmentFor → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Select Board → governingBodyOf → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Town Manager → appliesToJurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Police Department → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Recreation and Community Programs Department → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Recreation and Community Programs Department → operatesInJurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Planning Department → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Information Technology Department → operatesInAdministrativeTerritory → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Finance Department → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Finance Department → hasJurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Assessing Department → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Building Department → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Conservation Division → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Senior Services → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Fire Department → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Fire Department → jurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Health Department → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lexington Health Department → jurisdiction → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington Congregational church → locatedIn → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: Lexington Congregational Church

Bradford Washburn → placeOfDeath → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts Route 4 → passesThrough → Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Lexington, Massachusetts

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