Lawton, Oklahoma, United States

E587955

city

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States is a city in southwestern Oklahoma known for its proximity to Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lawton, Oklahoma	27
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States canonical	4
Lawton, Oklahoma vicinity	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6361832 — 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: Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
Context triple: [N. Scott Momaday, placeOfBirth, Lawton, Oklahoma, United States]

A. Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Tulsa is a major city in northeastern Oklahoma known for its historic oil industry, distinctive Art Deco architecture, and role as a cultural and economic hub of the region.
B. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, known for its energy industry, cowboy culture, and role as a major economic and cultural center in the region.
C. Vinita, Oklahoma
Vinita, Oklahoma is a small northeastern Oklahoma city known historically as a railroad and cattle town and for its location along major transportation routes including highways and rail lines.
D. Madill, Oklahoma
Madill, Oklahoma is a small city in southern Oklahoma that serves as the county seat of Marshall County and a local hub within the Texoma region.
E. Stillwater, Oklahoma
Stillwater, Oklahoma is a mid-sized city in north-central Oklahoma best known as the home of Oklahoma State University and a regional center for education, agriculture, and industry.
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: Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
Target entity description: Lawton, Oklahoma, United States is a city in southwestern Oklahoma known for its proximity to Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.

A. Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Tulsa is a major city in northeastern Oklahoma known for its historic oil industry, distinctive Art Deco architecture, and role as a cultural and economic hub of the region.
B. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, known for its energy industry, cowboy culture, and role as a major economic and cultural center in the region.
C. Vinita, Oklahoma
Vinita, Oklahoma is a small northeastern Oklahoma city known historically as a railroad and cattle town and for its location along major transportation routes including highways and rail lines.
D. Madill, Oklahoma
Madill, Oklahoma is a small city in southern Oklahoma that serves as the county seat of Marshall County and a local hub within the Texoma region.
E. Stillwater, Oklahoma
Stillwater, Oklahoma is a mid-sized city in north-central Oklahoma best known as the home of Oklahoma State University and a regional center for education, agriculture, and industry.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	580 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Comanche County NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic	significant military-affiliated population ⓘ
economySector	health care ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ military ⓘ retail trade ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 1,100 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode	40-41850 ⓘ
founded	1901 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	1094491 ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager ⓘ
hasAttraction	Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of the Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAttractionNearby	Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Cameron University NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Plains Technology Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMilitaryInstallationNearby	Fort Sill NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyHistoricSite	Fort Sill National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyMilitaryCemetery	Fort Sill National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyRecreationArea	Elmer Thomas Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Lawtonka NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Comanche County NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPrincipalCityOf	Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicRegion	Southern Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southwestern Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Wichita Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorHighway	Interstate 44 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 277 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 281 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 62 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Henry Ware Lawton NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Fort Sill NERFINISHED ⓘ Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguageDeFacto	English NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Lawton metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode	73501 ⓘ 73502 ⓘ 73503 ⓘ 73505 ⓘ 73507 ⓘ
region	Comanche County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Oklahoma ⓘ
timezone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timezoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time
transportInfrastructure	Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited