Lassen County

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administrative territorial entity county

Lassen County is a rural county in northeastern California known for its volcanic landscapes, high desert terrain, and proximity to Lassen Volcanic National Park.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lassen County, California	15
Lassen County canonical	12
Lassen County region	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T779510 — 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: Lassen County
Context triple: [Shasta Cascade region, hasPart, Lassen County]

A. Shasta County
Shasta County is a largely rural county in far Northern California known for its forests, mountains, and outdoor recreation areas including Shasta Lake and Mount Shasta.
B. Alpine County
Alpine County is a sparsely populated, mountainous county in eastern California known for its high Sierra Nevada landscapes and outdoor recreation.
C. Mariposa County
Mariposa County is a rural county in central California best known as the gateway to much of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada.
D. Butte County
Butte County is a largely rural county in Northern California known for its agricultural production, college town of Chico, and proximity to the Sierra Nevada foothills.
E. Merced County
Merced County is a largely agricultural county in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its farming economy and proximity to Yosemite National Park.
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: Lassen County
Target entity description: Lassen County is a rural county in northeastern California known for its volcanic landscapes, high desert terrain, and proximity to Lassen Volcanic National Park.

A. Shasta County
Shasta County is a largely rural county in far Northern California known for its forests, mountains, and outdoor recreation areas including Shasta Lake and Mount Shasta.
B. Alpine County
Alpine County is a sparsely populated, mountainous county in eastern California known for its high Sierra Nevada landscapes and outdoor recreation.
C. Mariposa County
Mariposa County is a rural county in central California best known as the gateway to much of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada.
D. Butte County
Butte County is a largely rural county in Northern California known for its agricultural production, college town of Chico, and proximity to the Sierra Nevada foothills.
E. Merced County
Merced County is a largely agricultural county in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its farming economy and proximity to Yosemite National Park.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
borders	Lake County, Oregon ⓘ Modoc County, California ⓘ surface form: Modoc County Plumas County ⓘ Shasta County NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra County ⓘ Washoe County ⓘ surface form: Washoe County, Nevada
contains	California Correctional Center ⓘ Eagle Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ High Desert State Prison, Susanville ⓘ Honey Lake Valley ⓘ surface form: Honey Lake Lassen County Jail ⓘ Susan River NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Lassen National Forest ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeat	Susanville, California ⓘ surface form: Susanville
establishedIn	1864 ⓘ
FIPSCode	06035 ⓘ
GNISID	277316 ⓘ
governingBody	Lassen County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasCity	Susanville, California ⓘ surface form: Susanville
hasCommunity	Bieber ⓘ Herlong ⓘ Janesville ⓘ Litchfield ⓘ Milford ⓘ Nubieber ⓘ Standish ⓘ Termo ⓘ Wendel ⓘ Westwood ⓘ
hasDaylightSavingTime	true ⓘ
hasLandscape	high desert terrain ⓘ volcanic landscapes ⓘ
hasLawEnforcementAgency	Lassen County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
isRural	true ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInPhysiographicRegion	Great Basin ⓘ Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northeast California ⓘ surface form: Northeastern California
namedAfter	Peter Lassen ⓘ
near	Lassen Volcanic National Park ⓘ
partOf	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
postalAbbreviation	CA ⓘ
seat	Susanville, California ⓘ surface form: Susanville
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

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