Lincoln County, Kentucky

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administrative territorial entity county in Kentucky

Lincoln County, Kentucky is one of the Commonwealth’s oldest counties, located in the south-central part of the state and historically significant as an early center of settlement and government.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Lincoln County, Kentucky canonical	11

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2293616 — 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: Lincoln County, Kentucky
Context triple: [Boyle County, Kentucky, formedFrom, Lincoln County, Kentucky]

A. Madison County, Kentucky
Madison County, Kentucky is a largely rural county in central Kentucky known for its historic city of Richmond, Eastern Kentucky University, and significant Civil War and frontier heritage.
B. Campbell County, Kentucky
Campbell County, Kentucky is a county in northern Kentucky along the Ohio River, forming part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
C. Scott County, Kentucky
Scott County, Kentucky is a historically significant county in the Lexington metropolitan area known for its Bluegrass farmland, horse farms, and the city of Georgetown.
D. McCracken County, Kentucky
McCracken County, Kentucky is a county in western Kentucky known for encompassing the city of Paducah, a regional hub for culture, commerce, and river-based industry.
E. Franklin County, Kentucky
Franklin County, Kentucky is a centrally located Kentucky county best known as the home of the state capital, Frankfort.
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: Lincoln County, Kentucky
Target entity description: Lincoln County, Kentucky is one of the Commonwealth’s oldest counties, located in the south-central part of the state and historically significant as an early center of settlement and government.

A. Madison County, Kentucky
Madison County, Kentucky is a largely rural county in central Kentucky known for its historic city of Richmond, Eastern Kentucky University, and significant Civil War and frontier heritage.
B. Campbell County, Kentucky
Campbell County, Kentucky is a county in northern Kentucky along the Ohio River, forming part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
C. Scott County, Kentucky
Scott County, Kentucky is a historically significant county in the Lexington metropolitan area known for its Bluegrass farmland, horse farms, and the city of Georgetown.
D. McCracken County, Kentucky
McCracken County, Kentucky is a county in western Kentucky known for encompassing the city of Paducah, a regional hub for culture, commerce, and river-based industry.
E. Franklin County, Kentucky
Franklin County, Kentucky is a centrally located Kentucky county best known as the home of the state capital, Frankfort.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county in Kentucky ⓘ
borderedBy	Boyle County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Casey County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Garrard County, Kentucky ⓘ Mercer County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulaski County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockcastle County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Stanford, Kentucky ⓘ
createdWhen	Kentucky was part of Virginia ⓘ
FIPSCode	21-137 ⓘ
formedFrom	Kentucky County, Virginia ⓘ
GNISID	0512090 ⓘ
hasCountySeatFunction	county administration center ⓘ local judicial center ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	county government ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	early judicial district in Kentucky ⓘ early political subdivision of Virginia in the West ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Crab Orchard, Kentucky ⓘ Hustonville, Kentucky ⓘ Stanford, Kentucky ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentBody	Lincoln County Fiscal Court ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Kentucky Route 39 ⓘ Kentucky Route 78 ⓘ U.S. Route 150 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 27 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicSectors	agriculture ⓘ services ⓘ small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early center of government in Kentucky ⓘ early center of settlement in Kentucky ⓘ
isIncludedIn	U.S. Census of Kentucky counties ⓘ
isLandlocked	true ⓘ
isOneOfOldestCountiesIn	Kentucky ⓘ
isRepresentedIn	Kentucky General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInCountrySubdivision	Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
locatedInPhysiographicRegion	Appalachian Plateau ⓘ surface form: Appalachian Plateau transition zone
locatedInRegion	south-central Kentucky ⓘ
namedAfter	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	yes ⓘ
partOf	Kentucky Bluegrass region ⓘ surface form: Bluegrass region of Kentucky
postalAbbreviation	KY ⓘ
seat	Stanford, Kentucky ⓘ
state	Kentucky ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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

Boyle County, Kentucky → formedFrom → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Boyle County, Kentucky → hasBorderWith → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

south-central Kentucky → containsCounty → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Isaac Shelby → placeOfDeath → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Isaac Shelby → residence → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Isaac Shelby → burialPlace → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky, United States → locatedIn → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky, United States → partOf → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Green County, Kentucky → formedFrom → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Garrard County, Kentucky → formedFrom → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

Garrard County, Kentucky → hasBorderWith → Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ

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