Thomasville, Alabama
E551444
Thomasville, Alabama is a small city in Clarke County known historically as a regional trade center in southwest Alabama’s Black Belt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomasville, Alabama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5391460 — 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: Thomasville, Alabama Context triple: [Linden, Alabama, locatedNear, Thomasville, Alabama]
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A.
Townley, Alabama
Townley, Alabama is a small unincorporated community located in Walker County in the north-central part of the state.
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B.
Shorterville, Alabama
Shorterville, Alabama is a small unincorporated community and rural locality in eastern Henry County near the Chattahoochee River.
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C.
Centreville, Alabama
Centreville, Alabama is a small city in central Alabama known for its historic downtown and role as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding rural area.
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D.
Wilsonville, Alabama
Wilsonville, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama known for its rural character and location within the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
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E.
Sylvania, Alabama
Sylvania, Alabama is a small rural town in northeastern Alabama known for its close-knit community and location atop Sand Mountain.
- 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: Thomasville, Alabama Target entity description: Thomasville, Alabama is a small city in Clarke County known historically as a regional trade center in southwest Alabama’s Black Belt.
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A.
Townley, Alabama
Townley, Alabama is a small unincorporated community located in Walker County in the north-central part of the state.
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B.
Shorterville, Alabama
Shorterville, Alabama is a small unincorporated community and rural locality in eastern Henry County near the Chattahoochee River.
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C.
Centreville, Alabama
Centreville, Alabama is a small city in central Alabama known for its historic downtown and role as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding rural area.
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D.
Wilsonville, Alabama
Wilsonville, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama known for its rural character and location within the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
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E.
Sylvania, Alabama
Sylvania, Alabama is a small rural town in northeastern Alabama known for its close-knit community and location atop Sand Mountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 334 ⓘ |
| areaLandSquareMiles | 8.8 ⓘ |
| areaTotalSquareMiles | 8.8 ⓘ |
| areaWaterSquareMiles | 0.0 ⓘ |
| climateClassification | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | State of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| county | Clarke County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicBase |
manufacturing
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ timber industry ⓘ |
| elevationInFeet | 400 ⓘ |
| elevationInMeters | 122 ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 01-76272 ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0128234 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Thomasville Elementary School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomasville High School (Alabama) NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomasville Middle School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHealthcareFacility | Thomasville Regional Medical Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Thomasville Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Thomasville Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | regional trade center in southwest Alabama’s Black Belt ⓘ |
| incorporationYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | none ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Clarke County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Black Belt (U.S. region)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwest Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| majorHighway |
Alabama State Route 5
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomasville, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestLargeCity |
Mobile, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCensus2010 | 4130 ⓘ |
| populationCensus2020 | 3830 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 36784 ⓘ |
| regionallyServes |
Choctaw County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarke County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Marengo County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilcox County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| transportationHistory | developed as a railroad town ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomasville, Alabama Description of subject: Thomasville, Alabama is a small city in Clarke County known historically as a regional trade center in southwest Alabama’s Black Belt.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Linden, Alabama