Maple Valley, Washington

E660131

city municipality

Maple Valley, Washington is a suburban city in King County known for its residential communities, access to outdoor recreation, and role as a commuter hub in the greater Seattle metropolitan area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Maple Valley, Washington canonical	6
City of Maple Valley, Washington	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7369725 — 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: Maple Valley, Washington
Context triple: [Washington State Route 18, passesNear, Maple Valley, Washington]

A. Issaquah, Washington
Issaquah, Washington is a suburban city east of Seattle known for its rapid growth, proximity to major corporate headquarters, and access to outdoor recreation in the Cascade foothills.
B. Cle Elum, Washington
Cle Elum, Washington is a small city in central Washington State known for its historic coal-mining roots, outdoor recreation, and location near the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range.
C. Ridgefield, Washington
Ridgefield, Washington is a small city in southwestern Washington State known for its proximity to rich wetlands and wildlife habitats, including a major national wildlife refuge.
D. Elma, Washington
Elma, Washington is a small city in western Washington State known as a gateway community between the Olympia area and the Pacific Coast.
E. Woodland, Washington
Woodland, Washington is a small city in southwestern Washington State known as a gateway to outdoor recreation along the Lewis River and nearby Mount St. Helens.
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: Maple Valley, Washington
Target entity description: Maple Valley, Washington is a suburban city in King County known for its residential communities, access to outdoor recreation, and role as a commuter hub in the greater Seattle metropolitan area.

A. Issaquah, Washington
Issaquah, Washington is a suburban city east of Seattle known for its rapid growth, proximity to major corporate headquarters, and access to outdoor recreation in the Cascade foothills.
B. Cle Elum, Washington
Cle Elum, Washington is a small city in central Washington State known for its historic coal-mining roots, outdoor recreation, and location near the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range.
C. Ridgefield, Washington
Ridgefield, Washington is a small city in southwestern Washington State known for its proximity to rich wetlands and wildlife habitats, including a major national wildlife refuge.
D. Elma, Washington
Elma, Washington is a small city in western Washington State known as a gateway community between the Olympia area and the Pacific Coast.
E. Woodland, Washington
Woodland, Washington is a small city in southwestern Washington State known as a gateway to outdoor recreation along the Lewis River and nearby Mount St. Helens.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
adjacentTo	Black Diamond, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Covington, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Enumclaw Plateau region NERFINISHED ⓘ Renton, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaCode	425 ⓘ 564 ⓘ
climate	marine west coast climate ⓘ oceanic climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	King County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	largely commuter-based ⓘ
governingBody	Maple Valley City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	rapid population growth ⓘ suburban character ⓘ
hasFeature	community parks ⓘ public schools ⓘ suburban shopping centers ⓘ
hasLandUse	commercial corridors ⓘ primarily residential ⓘ
hasOutdoorRecreation	lakes ⓘ parks ⓘ trails ⓘ
hasRecreationalAccessTo	biking ⓘ hiking ⓘ water sports ⓘ
hasTransportationConnection	State Route 169 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Route 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporationStatus	incorporated city ⓘ
isCommuterHubFor	Bellevue, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSuburbanCityOf	Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	access to outdoor recreation ⓘ family-oriented neighborhoods ⓘ residential communities ⓘ
locatedIn	Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	western Washington ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Cascade Range foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedar River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedar River Watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	King County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Puget Sound region NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCodeRegion	98038 ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Pacific Daylight Time

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Washington State Route 18 → passesNear → Maple Valley, Washington ⓘ

Cedar River → near → Maple Valley, Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Cedar River (Washington)

this entity surface form: City of Maple Valley, Washington

Cedar River → hasNearbyCity → Maple Valley, Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Cedar River (Washington)

Ravensdale, Washington, United States → locatedNear → Maple Valley, Washington ⓘ

Cedar River (Washington) → passesThrough → Maple Valley, Washington ⓘ

State Route 169 → connects → Maple Valley, Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: State Route 169 (Washington)

State Route 169 → locatedIn → Maple Valley, Washington ⓘ