Mexia, Texas, United States
E570716
Mexia is a small city in central Texas, United States, known historically as an oil boomtown and the birthplace of composer and bandleader Les Baxter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mexia, Texas, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6131251 — 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: Mexia, Texas, United States Context triple: [Les Baxter, placeOfBirth, Mexia, Texas, United States]
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A.
Mesquite, Texas
Mesquite, Texas is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth area known for its strong retail centers, rodeo heritage, and family-oriented residential communities.
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B.
Refugio, Texas, United States
Refugio, Texas, United States is a small South Texas town best known as the birthplace of Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan.
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C.
Del Rio, Texas
Del Rio, Texas is a border city in southwest Texas along the Rio Grande, known as a regional hub for trade, law enforcement, and federal government activity.
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D.
Anahuac, Texas
Anahuac, Texas is a small city in Chambers County known as the "Alligator Capital of Texas," located near the upper Texas Gulf Coast within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
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E.
Velasco, Texas
Velasco, Texas was a historic Gulf Coast port town that played a key role in early Texas history, including as the site where treaties ending the Texas Revolution were signed.
- 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: Mexia, Texas, United States Target entity description: Mexia is a small city in central Texas, United States, known historically as an oil boomtown and the birthplace of composer and bandleader Les Baxter.
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A.
Mesquite, Texas
Mesquite, Texas is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth area known for its strong retail centers, rodeo heritage, and family-oriented residential communities.
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B.
Refugio, Texas, United States
Refugio, Texas, United States is a small South Texas town best known as the birthplace of Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan.
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C.
Del Rio, Texas
Del Rio, Texas is a border city in southwest Texas along the Rio Grande, known as a regional hub for trade, law enforcement, and federal government activity.
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D.
Anahuac, Texas
Anahuac, Texas is a small city in Chambers County known as the "Alligator Capital of Texas," located near the upper Texas Gulf Coast within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
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E.
Velasco, Texas
Velasco, Texas was a historic Gulf Coast port town that played a key role in early Texas history, including as the site where treaties ending the Texas Revolution were signed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Mexia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mexia, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Limestone County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 254 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| hasFIPSCode | 48-48040 ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureID | 1363212 ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | council–manager government ⓘ |
| hasLatitude | 31.679 ⓘ |
| hasLongitude | -96.482 ⓘ |
| hasMajorHighway |
Texas State Highway 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas State Highway 171 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 84 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 76667 ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | city ⓘ |
| inMetropolitanArea | Waco combined statistical area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Limestone County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOilBoomtown | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
birthplace of Les Baxter
ⓘ
oil boom in early 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fort Parker State Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Mexia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Mexía family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
composer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Limestone County, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mexia, Texas, United States Description of subject: Mexia is a small city in central Texas, United States, known historically as an oil boomtown and the birthplace of composer and bandleader Les Baxter.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.