West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States

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municipality township

West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States is a suburban township in Essex County known for its residential character and as the place where baseball legend Yogi Berra spent his final years.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
West Caldwell, New Jersey	18
West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States canonical	3
municipal government of West Caldwell, New Jersey	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T678423 — 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: West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
Context triple: [Yogi Berra, placeOfDeath, West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States]

A. Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States, is a small suburban borough in Essex County best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.
B. West Orange, New Jersey, United States
West Orange, New Jersey, United States, is a suburban township in Essex County known for its historical association with inventor Thomas Edison and its proximity to New York City.
C. Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus, New Jersey is a suburban town in the New York metropolitan area known for its retail outlets, transportation hubs, and proximity to Manhattan.
D. West Milford, New Jersey, United States
West Milford is a suburban township in Passaic County, New Jersey, known for its rural character, lakes, and woodlands in the northern part of the state.
E. East Newark, New Jersey
East Newark, New Jersey is a small borough in northeastern New Jersey known for its dense residential character and proximity to Newark and Jersey City.
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: West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
Target entity description: West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States is a suburban township in Essex County known for its residential character and as the place where baseball legend Yogi Berra spent his final years.

A. Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States, is a small suburban borough in Essex County best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.
B. West Orange, New Jersey, United States
West Orange, New Jersey, United States, is a suburban township in Essex County known for its historical association with inventor Thomas Edison and its proximity to New York City.
C. Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus, New Jersey is a suburban town in the New York metropolitan area known for its retail outlets, transportation hubs, and proximity to Manhattan.
D. West Milford, New Jersey, United States
West Milford is a suburban township in Passaic County, New Jersey, known for its rural character, lakes, and woodlands in the northern part of the state.
E. East Newark, New Jersey
East Newark, New Jersey is a small borough in northeastern New Jersey known for its dense residential character and proximity to Newark and Jersey City.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ township ⓘ
adjacentTo	Caldwell, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Caldwell, New Jersey Fairfield, New Jersey ⓘ North Caldwell, New Jersey ⓘ Roseland, New Jersey ⓘ Verona, New Jersey ⓘ
areaCode	862 ⓘ 973 ⓘ
areaLand	about 5.0 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal	about 5.1 square miles ⓘ
areaWater	about 0.1 square miles ⓘ
associatedWith	Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center ⓘ surface form: Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
characterizedAs	suburban ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Essex County, New Jersey ⓘ
FIPSCode	34-79420 ⓘ
formedFrom	Caldwell Township, New Jersey ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	0882200 ⓘ
governmentType	Faulkner Act mayor–council ⓘ
hasFireDepartment	West Caldwell Fire Department ⓘ
hasMayor	Joseph T. Tempesta Jr. ⓘ
hasPoliceDepartment	West Caldwell Police Department ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary	Caldwell Public Library ⓘ surface form: West Caldwell Public Library
hasTypeOfSettlement	suburban township ⓘ
highSchool	James Caldwell High School ⓘ
incorporatedAsTownshipOn	1981-01-01 ⓘ
knownFor	being part of the Caldwells ⓘ residential character ⓘ
locatedIn	Essex County, New Jersey ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
middleSchool	Grover Cleveland Middle School ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Newark, New Jersey
notableResident	Yogi Berra ⓘ
partOf	Essex County, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: West Essex, New Jersey
partOfMetropolitanArea	New York metropolitan area ⓘ
populationCensus2000	10949 ⓘ
populationCensus2010	10859 ⓘ
populationDensity	approximately 2600 people per square mile ⓘ
postalCode	07006 ⓘ
previousName	Caldwell Township, New Jersey ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
schoolDistrict	Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools ⓘ
servedByHighways	County Route 506 ⓘ U.S. Route 46 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Yogi Berra → placeOfDeath → West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States ⓘ

Essex County, New Jersey, United States → contains → West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Essex County, New Jersey