Grafton, Wisconsin

E208559

municipality village

Grafton, Wisconsin is a suburban village in Ozaukee County north of Milwaukee, known for its location along the Milwaukee River and its mix of residential, commercial, and historic areas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Grafton, Wisconsin canonical	9
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States	1
village of Grafton, Wisconsin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1863410 — 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: Grafton, Wisconsin
Context triple: [Milwaukee River, passesThrough, Grafton, Wisconsin]

A. Mukwonago, Wisconsin
Mukwonago, Wisconsin is a village in Waukesha County known for its small-town character, proximity to the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and access to nearby lakes, parks, and natural waterways.
B. Bayfield, Wisconsin
Bayfield, Wisconsin is a small lakeside city on the shores of Lake Superior known as the gateway to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
C. Burlington, Wisconsin
Burlington, Wisconsin is a small city in southeastern Wisconsin known for its historic downtown, chocolate festival, and location along the Fox River.
D. Greendale, Wisconsin
Greendale, Wisconsin is a planned community and village near Milwaukee that was developed in the 1930s as one of the New Deal “Greenbelt” towns.
E. Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin is a small industrial city in northeastern Wisconsin on the shore of Green Bay, known historically for shipbuilding and its location opposite Menominee, Michigan.
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: Grafton, Wisconsin
Target entity description: Grafton, Wisconsin is a suburban village in Ozaukee County north of Milwaukee, known for its location along the Milwaukee River and its mix of residential, commercial, and historic areas.

A. Mukwonago, Wisconsin
Mukwonago, Wisconsin is a village in Waukesha County known for its small-town character, proximity to the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and access to nearby lakes, parks, and natural waterways.
B. Bayfield, Wisconsin
Bayfield, Wisconsin is a small lakeside city on the shores of Lake Superior known as the gateway to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
C. Burlington, Wisconsin
Burlington, Wisconsin is a small city in southeastern Wisconsin known for its historic downtown, chocolate festival, and location along the Fox River.
D. Greendale, Wisconsin
Greendale, Wisconsin is a planned community and village near Milwaukee that was developed in the 1930s as one of the New Deal “Greenbelt” towns.
E. Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin is a small industrial city in northeastern Wisconsin on the shore of Green Bay, known historically for shipbuilding and its location opposite Menominee, Michigan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ village ⓘ
adjacentTo	Cedarburg, Wisconsin ⓘ Mequon, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Mequon Port Washington, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Port Washington
areaCode	262 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Ozaukee County ⓘ
governmentType	village board ⓘ
hasAreaType	historic district ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	bedroom community for Milwaukee ⓘ mix of historic and modern development ⓘ suburban community ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	light manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ services ⓘ
hasEmergencyServices	EMS services ⓘ fire department ⓘ police department ⓘ
hasFeature	downtown business district ⓘ industrial parks ⓘ residential subdivisions ⓘ riverfront parks ⓘ
hasLandUse	commercial ⓘ industrial ⓘ residential ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Village President ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary	public library ⓘ
hasRecreation	Milwaukee River access ⓘ parks and trails ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict	Grafton School District ⓘ
hasShoppingArea	regional retail center ⓘ
hasTransportation	local bus connections ⓘ
isSuburbOf	Milwaukee, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Milwaukee
locatedAlong	Milwaukee River ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Lakes region ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ North Shore of Milwaukee metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedOn	Interstate 43 corridor ⓘ linked to: Interstate 43
nearestLargeCity	Milwaukee, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Milwaukee
northOf	Milwaukee, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Milwaukee
partOf	Milwaukee metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha combined statistical area
postalCodeType	ZIP Code ⓘ
region	Ozaukee County north shore communities ⓘ
state	Wisconsin ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Milwaukee River → passesThrough → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Cedar Creek (Wisconsin) → flowsThrough → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Paramount Records → locationHeadquarters → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Paramount Records → pressingPlantLocation → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Grafton School District → serves → village of Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

linked to: Grafton, Wisconsin

Grafton School District → locatedIn → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Wisconsin Highway 60 → connectsCommunity → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Wisconsin Highway 60 → terminusEastNear → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Ozaukee Interurban Trail → passesThrough → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve → locatedIn → Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ

George Pipgras → placeOfDeath → Grafton, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ