Newport, Kentucky, USA

E65455

city

Newport, Kentucky, USA is a small historic city on the Ohio River across from Cincinnati, known for its riverfront, entertainment district, and role in Northern Kentucky’s urban core.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Newport, Kentucky	15
Newport, Kentucky riverfront	1
Newport, Kentucky, USA canonical	1
Newport, Kentucky, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T513318 — 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: Newport, Kentucky, USA
Context triple: [Dave Cowens, placeOfBirth, Newport, Kentucky, USA]

A. Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky is a major city in the Bluegrass region renowned as the "Horse Capital of the World" for its thoroughbred breeding and racing industry.
B. Versailles, Kentucky
Versailles, Kentucky is a small historic city in Woodford County known for its surrounding horse farms, bourbon distilleries, and role in the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass region.
C. Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester, Kentucky is a small historic city in Clark County that serves as a commercial and cultural hub for the Central Kentucky region.
D. Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgetown, Kentucky is a growing small city in Scott County known for its historic downtown, proximity to Lexington, and major Toyota manufacturing plant.
E. West Point, Kentucky
West Point, Kentucky is a small historic city in northwestern Hardin County near the confluence of the Ohio and Salt rivers.
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: Newport, Kentucky, USA
Target entity description: Newport, Kentucky, USA is a small historic city on the Ohio River across from Cincinnati, known for its riverfront, entertainment district, and role in Northern Kentucky’s urban core.

A. Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky is a major city in the Bluegrass region renowned as the "Horse Capital of the World" for its thoroughbred breeding and racing industry.
B. Versailles, Kentucky
Versailles, Kentucky is a small historic city in Woodford County known for its surrounding horse farms, bourbon distilleries, and role in the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass region.
C. Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester, Kentucky is a small historic city in Clark County that serves as a commercial and cultural hub for the Central Kentucky region.
D. Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgetown, Kentucky is a growing small city in Scott County known for its historic downtown, proximity to Lexington, and major Toyota manufacturing plant.
E. West Point, Kentucky
West Point, Kentucky is a small historic city in northwestern Hardin County near the confluence of the Ohio and Salt rivers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	859 ⓘ
areaLandSquareMiles	2.7 ⓘ
areaTotalSquareMiles	3.0 ⓘ
areaWaterSquareMiles	0.3 ⓘ
borderedBy	Bellevue, Kentucky ⓘ Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio Covington, Kentucky ⓘ
climateClassification	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinates	39.0914°N 84.4958°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Campbell County, Kentucky ⓘ
elevationFeet	505 ⓘ
founded	1795 ⓘ
governmentType	city commission government ⓘ
hasAttraction	BB Riverboats ⓘ Newport Aquarium ⓘ Newport on the Levee ⓘ Purple People Bridge ⓘ World Peace Bell ⓘ
hasBridge	Purple People Bridge ⓘ Taylor–Southgate Bridge ⓘ Veterans Bridge ⓘ
hasBridgeConnectionTo	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio
hasHistoricDistrict	East Row Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricUse	19th-century river trade and industry center ⓘ
historicalRole	former gambling and vice center in mid-20th century ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity	1834 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Campbell County, Kentucky ⓘ
knownFor	historic urban core ⓘ riverfront entertainment district ⓘ views of Cincinnati skyline ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Cincinnati metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Greater Cincinnati
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Licking River ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ
locatedOppositeCityAcrossRiver	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio
majorNearbyAirport	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport ⓘ
namedAfter	Christopher Newport ⓘ
partOf	Northern Kentucky ⓘ
partOfEconomicRegion	Northern Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Ohio–Kentucky–Indiana tri-state area
partOfUrbanArea	Cincinnati metropolitan area ⓘ
populationCensus2020	14950 ⓘ
postalCode	41071 ⓘ
state	Kentucky ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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

Dave Cowens → placeOfBirth → Newport, Kentucky, USA ⓘ

Herbert W. Kalmbach → placeOfBirth → Newport, Kentucky, USA ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newport, Kentucky, United States

Fort Thomas, Kentucky → borderedBy → Newport, Kentucky, USA ⓘ