Old Northwest

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historic region region of the United States

The Old Northwest was a historic region of the early United States encompassing the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River, which later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old Northwest canonical	45
Old Northwest under British rule	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T74160 — 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: Old Northwest
Context triple: [Black Hawk War, theater, Old Northwest]

A. New England
New England is a historic region in the northeastern United States known for its colonial heritage, distinct seasons, and influential role in American culture and politics.
B. Rust Belt
The Rust Belt is a region in the northeastern and midwestern United States historically dominated by manufacturing and heavy industry that has experienced significant economic decline and population loss since the late 20th century.
C. Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies were a group of British American colonies, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, known for their diverse populations, religious tolerance, and prosperous farming and trade.
D. American South (19th and early 20th centuries)
The American South in the 19th and early 20th centuries was a predominantly agrarian, racially segregated region defined by the legacy of slavery, the Civil War, and Jim Crow laws, with a political culture rooted in white supremacy and states’ rights.
E. Heart of America
Heart of America is a nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, highlighting its central location and cultural significance in the United States.
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: Old Northwest
Target entity description: The Old Northwest was a historic region of the early United States encompassing the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River, which later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

A. New England
New England is a historic region in the northeastern United States known for its colonial heritage, distinct seasons, and influential role in American culture and politics.
B. Rust Belt
The Rust Belt is a region in the northeastern and midwestern United States historically dominated by manufacturing and heavy industry that has experienced significant economic decline and population loss since the late 20th century.
C. Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies were a group of British American colonies, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, known for their diverse populations, religious tolerance, and prosperous farming and trade.
D. American South (19th and early 20th centuries)
The American South in the 19th and early 20th centuries was a predominantly agrarian, racially segregated region defined by the legacy of slavery, the Civil War, and Jim Crow laws, with a political culture rooted in white supremacy and states’ rights.
E. Heart of America
Heart of America is a nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, highlighting its central location and cultural significance in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic region ⓘ region of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northwest Territories ⓘ surface form: Northwest Territory Territory Northwest of the River Ohio ⓘ
borderFeature	Great Lakes ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ
conflict	Northwest Indian War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEstablished	1787 ⓘ
establishedBy	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
governanceDocument	Northwest Ordinance ⓘ surface form: Ordinance of 1787
governancePrinciple	process for admission of new states ⓘ prohibition of slavery ⓘ provision for public education ⓘ
governedAs	organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
historicalEra	early United States ⓘ post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
includesPresentDayTerritoryOf	Illinois ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan Ohio ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ part of Minnesota ⓘ
laterDividedInto	Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois Indiana ⓘ surface form: State of Indiana Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: State of Michigan Ohio ⓘ surface form: State of Ohio Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: State of Wisconsin part of the State of Minnesota ⓘ
legalFrameworkDefinedBy	Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Ohio River ⓘ
partOf	Old West ⓘ surface form: American frontier United States territorial expansion ⓘ
populationIncluded	American settlers ⓘ Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region
predecessor	British-controlled territory in the Great Lakes region ⓘ lands ceded by Great Britain after the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
significantFor	development of the Midwest ⓘ precedent for territorial governance ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredFrom	Great Britain ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredTo	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
transferConfirmedBy	Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Hawk War → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → conflictIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

Illinois frontier → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

Winnebago War → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → previouslyPartOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

Tecumseh's War → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

Battle of the Thames → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Northwest Indian Confederacy → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of Greenville → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Harmar → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Blue Jacket → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Battle of Tippecanoe → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

George Rogers Clark → politicalEntityInvolved → Old Northwest ⓘ

Michigan Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

Northwest Territory → alsoKnownAs → Old Northwest ⓘ

Northwest Territory → previouslyPartOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Northwest under British rule

David Bailey → militaryTheater → Old Northwest ⓘ

John Ewing → theaterOfWar → Old Northwest ⓘ

Wisconsin Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

Indiana Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

Wea → culturalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Siege of Fort Harrison → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Detroit → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

British posts in the Old Northwest → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

Northwest theater of the War of 1812 → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

Battle of Moraviantown → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Keokuk → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Egushawa → activeInRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Roundhead → territorialContext → Old Northwest ⓘ

Le Grand Sauteur → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Turkey Foot → geographicContext → Old Northwest ⓘ

Governor of the Northwest Territory → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Illinois Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

Battle of the River Raisin → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Fort Finney → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Meigs → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of St. Marys (1818) → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Old Northwest ⓘ

Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

Kekionga → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Indiana territorial militia → location → Old Northwest ⓘ

Shawnee warriors → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Battle of Kekionga → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Securing the Old Northwest for the United States → mainSubject → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of Tippecanoe → location → Old Northwest ⓘ

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