Lowndes County
E191332
Lowndes County is a rural county in central Alabama known for its significant role in the American civil rights movement, particularly during the Selma to Montgomery marches.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lowndes County canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T820619 — 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: Lowndes County Context triple: [Alabama, containsCounty, Lowndes County]
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A.
Liberty County
Liberty County is a coastal county in southeastern Georgia known for its historic communities, military presence at Fort Stewart, and proximity to the Atlantic shoreline.
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B.
Toombs County
Toombs County is a rural county in southeastern Georgia known for its agriculture, particularly Vidalia onions, and its county seat, Lyons.
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C.
Lamar County
Lamar County is a county in the state of Georgia, United States, known for its seat in the city of Barnesville and its location in the central part of the state.
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D.
Colbert County
Colbert County is a county in northwestern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and its role in the Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.
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E.
McIntosh County
McIntosh County is a coastal county in southeastern Georgia known for its marshlands, historic communities, and location along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
- 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: Lowndes County Target entity description: Lowndes County is a rural county in central Alabama known for its significant role in the American civil rights movement, particularly during the Selma to Montgomery marches.
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A.
Liberty County
Liberty County is a coastal county in southeastern Georgia known for its historic communities, military presence at Fort Stewart, and proximity to the Atlantic shoreline.
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B.
Toombs County
Toombs County is a rural county in southeastern Georgia known for its agriculture, particularly Vidalia onions, and its county seat, Lyons.
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C.
Lamar County
Lamar County is a county in the state of Georgia, United States, known for its seat in the city of Barnesville and its location in the central part of the state.
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D.
Colbert County
Colbert County is a county in northwestern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and its role in the Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.
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E.
McIntosh County
McIntosh County is a coastal county in southeastern Georgia known for its marshlands, historic communities, and location along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | county ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Autauga County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Butler County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Crenshaw County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilcox County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | rural county ⓘ |
| contains |
Fort Deposit, Alabama
ⓘ
Hayneville, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Hayneville, Alabama
Lowndesboro, Alabama ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1830s ⓘ |
| governingBody | Lowndes County Commission ⓘ |
| hasAreaCharacteristic | predominantly rural land use ⓘ |
| hasCountySeat |
Hayneville, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Hayneville, Alabama
|
| hasDemographics | majority African American population (historically and in the modern era) ⓘ |
| hasEconomy | primarily agriculture and related rural industries ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRole | location along the route of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite |
Lowndes Interpretive Center
ⓘ
surface form:
Lowndes Interpretive Center of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
|
| historicalSignificance |
site of civil rights activism in the 1960s
ⓘ
voter registration struggles during the civil rights era ⓘ |
| knownFor |
events related to the Selma to Montgomery marches
ⓘ
role in the American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| largestCity | Fort Deposit, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States South
ⓘ
central Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Alabama River
ⓘ
surface form:
Alabama River (partly along its boundary)
|
| namedAfter |
William Jones Lowndes
ⓘ
surface form:
William Lowndes
|
| partOf |
Butler County, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Belt counties of Alabama
Black Belt (Alabama) ⓘ
surface form:
Black Belt region of Alabama
|
| regionType | agricultural region ⓘ |
| seat |
Hayneville, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Hayneville, Alabama
|
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | county of Alabama ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
ⓘ
U.S. Route 80 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lowndes County Description of subject: Lowndes County is a rural county in central Alabama known for its significant role in the American civil rights movement, particularly during the Selma to Montgomery marches.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.