Shafter, Texas, United States

E127579

census-designated place unincorporated community

Shafter, Texas, United States, is a small unincorporated community in Presidio County best known for its historic silver mining district and as the place where U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shafter, Texas	5
Shafter, Texas, United States canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1128461 — 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: Shafter, Texas, United States
Context triple: [Antonin Scalia, placeOfDeath, Shafter, Texas, United States]

A. Crosbyton, Texas, United States
Crosbyton, Texas, United States is a small rural city on the South Plains of West Texas that serves as the county seat of Crosby County.
B. Pharr, Texas
Pharr, Texas is a rapidly growing city in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, known as a major commercial and transportation hub on the U.S.–Mexico border.
C. Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas is a major city in North Texas known for its historic Western heritage, cultural districts, and role as a key economic and transportation hub in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
D. Sherman, Texas
Sherman, Texas is a small North Texas city and county seat of Grayson County, known for its proximity to the Red River and its role as a regional hub in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area.
E. North Richland Hills, Texas
North Richland Hills, Texas is a suburban city in Tarrant County known as a major residential and commercial community within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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: Shafter, Texas, United States
Target entity description: Shafter, Texas, United States, is a small unincorporated community in Presidio County best known for its historic silver mining district and as the place where U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died.

A. Crosbyton, Texas, United States
Crosbyton, Texas, United States is a small rural city on the South Plains of West Texas that serves as the county seat of Crosby County.
B. Pharr, Texas
Pharr, Texas is a rapidly growing city in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, known as a major commercial and transportation hub on the U.S.–Mexico border.
C. Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas is a major city in North Texas known for its historic Western heritage, cultural districts, and role as a key economic and transportation hub in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
D. Sherman, Texas
Sherman, Texas is a small North Texas city and county seat of Grayson County, known for its proximity to the Red River and its role as a regional hub in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area.
E. North Richland Hills, Texas
North Richland Hills, Texas is a suburban city in Tarrant County known as a major residential and commercial community within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode	432 ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ desert climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivision	Texas ⓘ
county	Presidio County, Texas ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1,130 meters ⓘ approximately 3,700 feet ⓘ
established	1880s ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	1346542 ⓘ
hasFeature	abandoned mine workings ⓘ ghost town characteristics ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ historic silver mining district ⓘ ruins of mining structures ⓘ
hasLandmark	Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church (Shafter) ⓘ Shafter Cemetery ⓘ
hasMine	Presidio Mine ⓘ linked to: Shafter silver mine Shafter Mine ⓘ linked to: Shafter silver mine
knownFor	Shafter silver mine ⓘ being place of death of Antonin Scalia ⓘ silver mining ⓘ
locatedIn	Presidio County, Texas ⓘ Rio Grande valley ⓘ Trans-Pecos region ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America West Texas ⓘ
locatedNear	Marfa, Texas ⓘ linked to: Marfa Presidio, Texas ⓘ
locatedOn	U.S. Route 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ
miningBoomPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
namedAfter	Major General William Rufus Shafter ⓘ linked to: William R. Shafter William R. Shafter ⓘ
nearestInternationalBorder	United States–Mexico border ⓘ linked to: U.S.–Mexico border
partOf	Presidio County, Texas ⓘ Shafter Historic Mining District ⓘ
population	very small ⓘ
populationCensus2010	11 ⓘ
postalCode	79843 ⓘ
primaryCommodityMined	silver ⓘ
region	Big Bend region ⓘ linked to: Trans-Pecos region
servedBy	U.S. Route 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
timezone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timezoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone

How these facts were elicited