Paducah, Kentucky, United States

E17255

city county seat

Paducah is a historic river city in western Kentucky known for its strategic location at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and its role as a regional cultural and economic center.

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Label	Occurrences
Paducah, Kentucky	66
Paducah, Kentucky, United States canonical	8
Paducah, Kentucky, United States of America	2
City of Paducah	1
West Paducah, Kentucky	1
downtown Paducah	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T141401 — 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: Paducah, Kentucky, United States
Context triple: [Alben W. Barkley, residence, Paducah, Kentucky, United States]

A. Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky is the largest city in the state of Kentucky, known for the Kentucky Derby horse race, its historic bourbon distilleries, and its role as a major cultural and economic hub in the Ohio River Valley.
B. Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green, Kentucky is a city in south-central Kentucky best known as the home of the Chevrolet Corvette’s manufacturing plant and the National Corvette Museum.
C. Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hodgenville, Kentucky is a small city in central Kentucky best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
D. Buffalo, Kentucky
Buffalo, Kentucky is a small unincorporated community in LaRue County, located near the city of Hodgenville.
E. Magnolia, Kentucky
Magnolia, Kentucky is a small unincorporated community in LaRue County located near Hodgenville in central Kentucky.
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: Paducah, Kentucky, United States
Target entity description: Paducah is a historic river city in western Kentucky known for its strategic location at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and its role as a regional cultural and economic center.

A. Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky is the largest city in the state of Kentucky, known for the Kentucky Derby horse race, its historic bourbon distilleries, and its role as a major cultural and economic hub in the Ohio River Valley.
B. Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green, Kentucky is a city in south-central Kentucky best known as the home of the Chevrolet Corvette’s manufacturing plant and the National Corvette Museum.
C. Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hodgenville, Kentucky is a small city in central Kentucky best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
D. Buffalo, Kentucky
Buffalo, Kentucky is a small unincorporated community in LaRue County, located near the city of Hodgenville.
E. Magnolia, Kentucky
Magnolia, Kentucky is a small unincorporated community in LaRue County located near Hodgenville in central Kentucky.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
areaCode	270 ⓘ 364 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designatedAsUNESCOCreativeCityIn	2013 ⓘ
economySector	healthcare services ⓘ retail trade ⓘ river transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
foundedBy	William Clark ⓘ
foundedIn	1827 ⓘ
hasAirport	Barkley Regional Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent	Lower Town Arts & Music Festival ⓘ Paducah QuiltWeek ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	West Kentucky Community and Technical College ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art ⓘ linked to: UNESCO Creative Cities Network
hasHistoricDistrict	Downtown Paducah Historic District ⓘ Lower Town Arts District ⓘ
hasLandmark	Carson Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ Paducah Wall to Wall Murals ⓘ
hasMuseum	National Quilt Museum ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn	1830 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	McCracken County, Kentucky ⓘ
knownFor	National Quilt Museum ⓘ historic river commerce ⓘ regional cultural center ⓘ regional economic center ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf	Ohio River ⓘ Tennessee River ⓘ
locatedIn	McCracken County, Kentucky ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Western Kentucky ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Ohio River ⓘ Tennessee River ⓘ
namedAfter	Paduke (legendary Chickasaw chief) ⓘ
nearFacility	Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
population	approximately 27,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
postalCode	42001 ⓘ 42002 ⓘ 42003 ⓘ
regionRole	regional medical center for western Kentucky and southern Illinois ⓘ
servedByHighway	Interstate 24 ⓘ U.S. Route 45 ⓘ U.S. Route 60 ⓘ U.S. Route 62 ⓘ
state	Kentucky ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportHubFor	inland river barge traffic ⓘ

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