Lewis County, West Virginia
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Lewis County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the north-central part of the state, known for its small communities, outdoor recreation, and historical ties to the early development of the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lewis County, West Virginia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4938000 — 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: Lewis County, West Virginia Context triple: [Harrison County, West Virginia, borders, Lewis County, West Virginia]
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Lincoln County, West Virginia
Lincoln County, West Virginia is a predominantly rural county in southwestern West Virginia known for its small communities, Appalachian landscape, and proximity to the Huntington–Charleston region.
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B.
Wood County, West Virginia
Wood County, West Virginia is a county in the northwestern part of the state, known for its county seat and largest city, Parkersburg, and its location along the Ohio River.
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C.
Jackson County, West Virginia
Jackson County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the western part of the state, known for its small communities, agricultural landscape, and location along the Ohio River.
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D.
Hancock County, West Virginia
Hancock County, West Virginia is the state's northernmost and smallest county by area, located in the Northern Panhandle along the Ohio River and forming part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan region.
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E.
Logan County, West Virginia
Logan County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the southern part of the state known historically for coal mining and its role in the early 20th-century labor struggles in Appalachia.
- 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: Lewis County, West Virginia Target entity description: Lewis County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the north-central part of the state, known for its small communities, outdoor recreation, and historical ties to the early development of the region.
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A.
Lincoln County, West Virginia
Lincoln County, West Virginia is a predominantly rural county in southwestern West Virginia known for its small communities, Appalachian landscape, and proximity to the Huntington–Charleston region.
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B.
Wood County, West Virginia
Wood County, West Virginia is a county in the northwestern part of the state, known for its county seat and largest city, Parkersburg, and its location along the Ohio River.
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C.
Jackson County, West Virginia
Jackson County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the western part of the state, known for its small communities, agricultural landscape, and location along the Ohio River.
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D.
Hancock County, West Virginia
Hancock County, West Virginia is the state's northernmost and smallest county by area, located in the Northern Panhandle along the Ohio River and forming part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan region.
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E.
Logan County, West Virginia
Logan County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the southern part of the state known historically for coal mining and its role in the early 20th-century labor struggles in Appalachia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
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county ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders |
Braxton County, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doddridge County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilmer County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Harrison County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Upshur County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeat | Weston, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossedByRiver |
Stonecoal Creek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Fork River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedIn | 1816 ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Harrison County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
Alum Bridge, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Camden, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Horner, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Lew, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roanoke, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Walkersville, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Weston, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
energy production ⓘ timber industry ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | county commission ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite |
Jackson’s Mill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum NERFINISHED ⓘ Weston Downtown Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLake | Stonewall Jackson Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea | Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDistrict | Lewis County Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportationRoute |
Interstate 79
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 33 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalJurisdiction | Virginia (pre-Civil War) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRural | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ rural character ⓘ small communities ⓘ |
| largestCity | Weston, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | north-central West Virginia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Meriwether Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Appalachian region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lewis County, West Virginia Description of subject: Lewis County, West Virginia is a largely rural county in the north-central part of the state, known for its small communities, outdoor recreation, and historical ties to the early development of the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.