Kingwood, West Virginia
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Kingwood, West Virginia is a small city in northern West Virginia known for its historic architecture and as the longtime host of the annual Buckwheat Festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingwood, West Virginia canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4878734 — 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: Kingwood, West Virginia Context triple: [Preston County, West Virginia, countySeat, Kingwood, West Virginia]
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A.
Williamson, West Virginia
Williamson, West Virginia is a small city in the Appalachian region known historically as a coal-mining community and commercial hub along the Tug Fork River.
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B.
Hinton, West Virginia
Hinton, West Virginia is a small historic city in Summers County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the New River Gorge region, including the nearby Bluestone National Scenic River.
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C.
Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically for coal mining and its location amid the Appalachian foothills.
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D.
Davis, West Virginia
Davis, West Virginia is a small mountain town in Tucker County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the Allegheny Mountains, including nearby state parks, forests, and ski areas.
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E.
Sophia, West Virginia
Sophia, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of the state.
- 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: Kingwood, West Virginia Target entity description: Kingwood, West Virginia is a small city in northern West Virginia known for its historic architecture and as the longtime host of the annual Buckwheat Festival.
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A.
Williamson, West Virginia
Williamson, West Virginia is a small city in the Appalachian region known historically as a coal-mining community and commercial hub along the Tug Fork River.
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B.
Hinton, West Virginia
Hinton, West Virginia is a small historic city in Summers County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the New River Gorge region, including the nearby Bluestone National Scenic River.
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C.
Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically for coal mining and its location amid the Appalachian foothills.
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D.
Davis, West Virginia
Davis, West Virginia is a small mountain town in Tucker County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the Allegheny Mountains, including nearby state parks, forests, and ski areas.
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E.
Sophia, West Virginia
Sophia, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode |
304
ⓘ
681 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 39.471°N 79.689°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeatOf | Preston County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 1,860 feet
ⓘ
about 567 meters ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 54-43732 ⓘ |
| founded | 19th century ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1554860 ⓘ |
| governedBy | city government of Kingwood ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
historic architecture
ⓘ
small city ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Preston High School (near Kingwood) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Buckwheat Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Kingwood Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
commercial
ⓘ
public and civic buildings ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasPublicService | Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosts | Preston County Buckwheat Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor | Preston County Buckwheat Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Preston County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northern West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cheat River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morgantown, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Appalachian region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | approximately 3,000 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 26537 ⓘ |
| region | Allegheny Mountains area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| subdivisionName1 | West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionName2 | Preston County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | city ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| transportation |
served by West Virginia Route 26
ⓘ
served by West Virginia Route 7 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kingwood, West Virginia Description of subject: Kingwood, West Virginia is a small city in northern West Virginia known for its historic architecture and as the longtime host of the annual Buckwheat Festival.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.