Anamosa, Iowa, United States

E182444

city

Anamosa is a small city in eastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of American Regionalist painter Grant Wood.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Anamosa, Iowa	31
Anamosa, Iowa, United States canonical	4
downtown Anamosa	1
downtown Anamosa, Iowa	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1621728 — 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: Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Context triple: [Grant Wood, birthPlace, Anamosa, Iowa, United States]

A. Anita, Iowa
Anita, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its close-knit community and proximity to Lake Anita State Park.
B. West Branch, Iowa, United States
West Branch, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and home to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
C. Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
D. Wiota, Iowa
Wiota, Iowa is a small rural city located in Cass County in the southwestern part of the state.
E. Tipton, Iowa
Tipton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Cedar County.
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: Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Target entity description: Anamosa is a small city in eastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of American Regionalist painter Grant Wood.

A. Anita, Iowa
Anita, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its close-knit community and proximity to Lake Anita State Park.
B. West Branch, Iowa, United States
West Branch, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and home to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
C. Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
D. Wiota, Iowa
Wiota, Iowa is a small rural city located in Cass County in the southwestern part of the state.
E. Tipton, Iowa
Tipton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Cedar County.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	319 ⓘ
associatedWithArtMovement	American Regionalism (through Grant Wood) ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Grant Wood ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Jones County ⓘ
countySeatOf	Jones County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasCemetery	Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Anamosa Community School District ⓘ
hasEvent	Pumpkinfest and Ryan Norlin Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Anamosa High School ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Anamosa Main Street Historic District ⓘ
hasIndustry	agriculture ⓘ light manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark	Anamosa State Penitentiary ⓘ Grant Wood Park ⓘ Wapsipinicon State Park (near Anamosa) ⓘ linked to: Wapsipinicon State Park
hasMuseum	Grant Wood Art Gallery ⓘ National Motorcycle Museum ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Iowa ⓘ
locatedNear	Cedar Rapids, Iowa ⓘ Monticello, Iowa ⓘ
namedFor	Wapsipinicon River (originally Anamosa was named Buffalo Forks and later Lexington before Anamosa) ⓘ linked to: Wapsipinicon River
nickname	Pumpkin Capital of Iowa ⓘ
notableFor	Anamosa State Penitentiary ⓘ Grant Wood Art Festival ⓘ being the birthplace of painter Grant Wood ⓘ
partOf	Midwestern United States ⓘ
postalCode	52205 ⓘ
region	Jones County micropolitan area ⓘ
river	Wapsipinicon River ⓘ
state	Iowa ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportation	Iowa Highway 64 ⓘ U.S. Route 151 NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

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

Grant Wood → birthPlace → Anamosa, Iowa, United States ⓘ

Grant Wood → placeOfBurial → Anamosa, Iowa, United States ⓘ

Jones County, Iowa → seat → Anamosa, Iowa ⓘ