Shenandoah, Iowa
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Shenandoah, Iowa is a small city in southwestern Iowa known historically as a regional agricultural and broadcasting center.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shenandoah, Iowa canonical | 19 |
| Shenandoah, Iowa, United States | 1 |
| city of Shenandoah, Iowa | 1 |
| downtown Shenandoah, Iowa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1561558 — 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: Shenandoah, Iowa Context triple: [Southwestern Iowa, containsSettlement, Shenandoah, Iowa]
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A.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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B.
Neola, Iowa
Neola, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its agricultural community and location within Pottawattamie County.
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C.
Wiota, Iowa
Wiota, Iowa is a small rural city located in Cass County in the southwestern part of the state.
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D.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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E.
Hancock, Iowa
Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie 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: Shenandoah, Iowa Target entity description: Shenandoah, Iowa is a small city in southwestern Iowa known historically as a regional agricultural and broadcasting center.
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A.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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B.
Neola, Iowa
Neola, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its agricultural community and location within Pottawattamie County.
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C.
Wiota, Iowa
Wiota, Iowa is a small rural city located in Cass County in the southwestern part of the state.
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D.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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E.
Hancock, Iowa
Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 40.765°N 95.372°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| demographicsCharacteristic | small city population size ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 1000 feet
ⓘ
approximately 305 meters ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 712 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
light manufacturing
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ row-crop farming ⓘ seed research and development ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Shenandoah Community School District ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
regional agricultural center
ⓘ
regional broadcasting center ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRole |
early radio broadcasting hub in the Midwest
ⓘ
regional market town for surrounding farms ⓘ |
| hasIndustry | seed corn companies (historical and contemporary) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAirport | Shenandoah Municipal Airport ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Bricker-Price Block area (downtown civic space)
ⓘ
Sportsman’s Park ⓘ
linked to:
Sportsman's Park
|
| hasPostalCode | 51601 ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Shenandoah Public Library ⓘ |
| hasRadioStation |
KFNF (historical)
ⓘ
KMA (AM) ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Iowa Highway 2
ⓘ
U.S. Route 59 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Page County micropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Page County
|
| knownFor |
agricultural production
ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ seed corn industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fremont County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ Page County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Fremont County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Page County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Southwestern Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Nishnabotna River watershed ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Shenandoah Valley ⓘ |
| partOf | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| roadDistanceTo |
approximately 60 miles southeast of Omaha, Nebraska
ⓘ
approximately 80 miles south of Council Bluffs, Iowa ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | city in Page County and Fremont County, Iowa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shenandoah, Iowa Description of subject: Shenandoah, Iowa is a small city in southwestern Iowa known historically as a regional agricultural and broadcasting center.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Page County
subject linked to:
central Iowa
linked to: Shenandoah, Iowa
linked to: Shenandoah, Iowa
linked to: Shenandoah, Iowa