Guthrie Center, Iowa

E177474

city county seat

Guthrie Center, Iowa is a small city that serves as the county seat of Guthrie County in southwestern Iowa.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guthrie Center, Iowa canonical	5
Guthrie Center	4
The Guthrie Center	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1561569 — 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: Guthrie Center, Iowa
Context triple: [Southwestern Iowa, containsSettlement, Guthrie Center, Iowa]

A. Sioux Center, Iowa
Sioux Center, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known for its strong agricultural base, Dutch-American heritage, and as the home of Dordt University.
B. Griswold, Iowa
Griswold, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
C. Rock Rapids, Iowa
Rock Rapids, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known as the administrative and commercial hub of Lyon County.
D. McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
E. Eldon, Iowa
Eldon, Iowa is a small town best known as the setting of Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic," featuring the now-famous white farmhouse.
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: Guthrie Center, Iowa
Target entity description: Guthrie Center, Iowa is a small city that serves as the county seat of Guthrie County in southwestern Iowa.

A. Sioux Center, Iowa
Sioux Center, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known for its strong agricultural base, Dutch-American heritage, and as the home of Dordt University.
B. Griswold, Iowa
Griswold, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
C. Rock Rapids, Iowa
Rock Rapids, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known as the administrative and commercial hub of Lyon County.
D. McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
E. Eldon, Iowa
Eldon, Iowa is a small town best known as the setting of Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic," featuring the now-famous white farmhouse.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
areaCodeType	telephone area code ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivision	State of Iowa ⓘ linked to: Iowa
county	Guthrie County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar
governmentType	municipal government ⓘ
hasFeature	county courthouse ⓘ local government ⓘ
locatedIn	Guthrie County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ North America ⓘ
partOf	Guthrie County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Iowa ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
postalCodeType	ZIP Code ⓘ
region	southwestern Iowa ⓘ
role	county seat of Guthrie County, Iowa ⓘ
settlementType	city ⓘ
state	Iowa ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone
timeZoneStandard	Central Standard Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited