Oscoda County, Michigan

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county county in Michigan

Oscoda County, Michigan is a sparsely populated county in the northern Lower Peninsula known for its forests, rivers, and outdoor recreation opportunities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oscoda County, Michigan canonical	5
Oscoda County	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2275718 — 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: Oscoda County, Michigan
Context triple: [M-72, county, Oscoda County, Michigan]

A. Kalkaska County, Michigan
Kalkaska County, Michigan is a rural county in the northern Lower Peninsula known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
B. Ottawa County, Michigan
Ottawa County, Michigan is a county in the western part of the state along Lake Michigan, known for its rapidly growing communities, agricultural base, and popular lakeshore recreation areas.
C. Ionia County, Michigan
Ionia County, Michigan is a largely rural county in the central Lower Peninsula known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and historic correctional facilities.
D. Otsego County, Michigan
Otsego County, Michigan is a county in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan known for its outdoor recreation, forests, and the city of Gaylord as its county seat.
E. Crawford County, Michigan
Crawford County, Michigan is a sparsely populated county in the northern Lower Peninsula known for its forests, outdoor recreation, and location along the Muskegon River.
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: Oscoda County, Michigan
Target entity description: Oscoda County, Michigan is a sparsely populated county in the northern Lower Peninsula known for its forests, rivers, and outdoor recreation opportunities.

A. Kalkaska County, Michigan
Kalkaska County, Michigan is a rural county in the northern Lower Peninsula known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
B. Ottawa County, Michigan
Ottawa County, Michigan is a county in the western part of the state along Lake Michigan, known for its rapidly growing communities, agricultural base, and popular lakeshore recreation areas.
C. Ionia County, Michigan
Ionia County, Michigan is a largely rural county in the central Lower Peninsula known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and historic correctional facilities.
D. Otsego County, Michigan
Otsego County, Michigan is a county in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan known for its outdoor recreation, forests, and the city of Gaylord as its county seat.
E. Crawford County, Michigan
Crawford County, Michigan is a sparsely populated county in the northern Lower Peninsula known for its forests, outdoor recreation, and location along the Muskegon River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county ⓘ county in Michigan ⓘ
borders	Alcona County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Crawford County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Iosco County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Montmorency County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogemaw County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscommon County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Au Sable State Forest (portions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Huron National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
formedIn	1840s ⓘ
governmentType	county government in Michigan ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 572 square miles ⓘ
hasAreaCode	989 ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat	Mio, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFIPSCode	26-135 ⓘ
hasGNISID	1626475 ⓘ
hasLandArea	approximately 566 square miles ⓘ
hasLargestCommunity	Mio, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	M-33 NERFINISHED ⓘ M-65 NERFINISHED ⓘ M-72 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.oscodacountymi.com/ ⓘ
hasPopulation	approximately 8,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
hasPopulationDensity	one of the least densely populated counties in Michigan ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicSector	forestry ⓘ outdoor recreation services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasPrimaryRiver	Au Sable River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver	Big Creek (Oscoda County, Michigan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWaterArea	approximately 6 square miles ⓘ
hasZIPCode	48647 ⓘ
knownFor	canoeing and kayaking ⓘ fishing ⓘ forests ⓘ hunting ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ rivers ⓘ snowmobiling ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Peninsula of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter	Oscoda (community in Iosco County, Michigan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedIn	1881 ⓘ
partOf	United States Census Bureau-designated Northern Michigan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionOf	State of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

M-72 → county → Oscoda County, Michigan ⓘ

Northern Michigan → hasPart → Oscoda County, Michigan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oscoda County

Mio, Michigan → county → Oscoda County, Michigan ⓘ

Mio, Michigan → isCountySeatOf → Oscoda County, Michigan ⓘ

Mio, Michigan → primarySettlementOf → Oscoda County, Michigan ⓘ

Roscommon County → borderedBy → Oscoda County, Michigan ⓘ

Montmorency County → borderedBy → Oscoda County, Michigan ⓘ