Carrizozo, New Mexico

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county seat town

Carrizozo, New Mexico is a small historic town in south-central New Mexico known for its role as the administrative and commercial hub of Lincoln County and its proximity to the Valley of Fires lava flow.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Carrizozo, New Mexico canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3946666 — 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: Carrizozo, New Mexico
Context triple: [Lincoln County, New Mexico, seat, Carrizozo, New Mexico]

A. Willard, New Mexico
Willard, New Mexico is a small rural village located in central New Mexico within the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
B. Ruidoso, New Mexico
Ruidoso, New Mexico is a mountain resort village in south-central New Mexico known for its ski area, horse racing track, and outdoor recreation in the Sierra Blanca region.
C. McIntosh, New Mexico
McIntosh, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community located in central New Mexico within the Estancia Valley.
D. Clovis, New Mexico
Clovis, New Mexico is a small city in eastern New Mexico known as a regional agricultural and transportation hub with a strong railroad and military presence.
E. Williamsburg, New Mexico
Williamsburg, New Mexico is a small village in Sierra County in southern New Mexico, located near the Rio Grande and adjacent to the city of Truth or Consequences.
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: Carrizozo, New Mexico
Target entity description: Carrizozo, New Mexico is a small historic town in south-central New Mexico known for its role as the administrative and commercial hub of Lincoln County and its proximity to the Valley of Fires lava flow.

A. Willard, New Mexico
Willard, New Mexico is a small rural village located in central New Mexico within the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
B. Ruidoso, New Mexico
Ruidoso, New Mexico is a mountain resort village in south-central New Mexico known for its ski area, horse racing track, and outdoor recreation in the Sierra Blanca region.
C. McIntosh, New Mexico
McIntosh, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community located in central New Mexico within the Estancia Valley.
D. Clovis, New Mexico
Clovis, New Mexico is a small city in eastern New Mexico known as a regional agricultural and transportation hub with a strong railroad and military presence.
E. Williamsburg, New Mexico
Williamsburg, New Mexico is a small village in Sierra County in southern New Mexico, located near the Rio Grande and adjacent to the city of Truth or Consequences.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county seat ⓘ town ⓘ
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Lincoln County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
distanceTo	approximately 140 miles southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico ⓘ approximately 47 miles northwest of Ruidoso, New Mexico ⓘ
economicActivity	local government services ⓘ ranching ⓘ tourism ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1,640 meters ⓘ approximately 5,380 feet ⓘ
FIPScode	35-12020 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	0899090 ⓘ
governingBody	Carrizozo town government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAreaCode	575 ⓘ
hasFeature	art galleries and murals ⓘ historic main street ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Carrizozo Commercial Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction	Carrizozo Malpais lava flow NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of Fires Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCode	88301 ⓘ
hasTimeZoneDST	Mountain Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedAs	town ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Lincoln County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	historic railroad town character ⓘ proximity to Valley of Fires lava flow ⓘ
locatedInRegion	south-central New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	U.S. Route 380 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 54 NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Capitan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Malpais lava flow NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacramento Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of Fires Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Lincoln National Forest region NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCensus2010	996 ⓘ
populationCensus2020	around 900 ⓘ
role	administrative center of Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ commercial hub of Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ
servedBy	El Paso and Southwestern Railroad (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	New Mexico ⓘ
transportHistory	former railroad shipping point ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Lincoln County, New Mexico → seat → Carrizozo, New Mexico ⓘ

Lincoln County, New Mexico → countySeat → Carrizozo, New Mexico ⓘ

Lincoln County, New Mexico → contains → Carrizozo, New Mexico ⓘ

U.S. Route 380 → passesThrough → Carrizozo, New Mexico ⓘ

village of Lincoln, New Mexico → hasCountySeat → Carrizozo, New Mexico ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln, New Mexico

Lincoln County → hasCountySeat → Carrizozo, New Mexico ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln County, New Mexico

Lincoln County → contains → Carrizozo, New Mexico ⓘ