Poston, Arizona
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Poston, Arizona is a small unincorporated community on the Colorado River Indian Reservation best known as the site of a major World War II Japanese American internment camp complex.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poston, Arizona canonical | 6 |
| Poston, La Paz County, Arizona, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2022775 — 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: Poston, Arizona Context triple: [La Paz County, Arizona, contains, Poston, Arizona]
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A.
Bouse, Arizona
Bouse, Arizona is a small unincorporated desert community and former mining and railroad town in western Arizona.
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B.
Holbrook, Arizona
Holbrook, Arizona is a small city in northeastern Arizona known as a gateway to Petrified Forest National Park and historic Route 66.
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C.
Peoria, Arizona
Peoria, Arizona is a suburban city in the Phoenix metropolitan area known for hosting Major League Baseball spring training and offering a mix of residential communities, parks, and desert landscapes.
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D.
Supai, Arizona
Supai, Arizona is a remote village in the Grand Canyon that serves as the main home of the Havasupai people and a gateway to the famous Havasu Falls.
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E.
Quartzsite, Arizona
Quartzsite, Arizona is a small desert town in western Arizona famous for its massive winter influx of RVers, rockhounds, and swap-meet vendors drawn to its gem shows and mild climate.
- 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: Poston, Arizona Target entity description: Poston, Arizona is a small unincorporated community on the Colorado River Indian Reservation best known as the site of a major World War II Japanese American internment camp complex.
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A.
Bouse, Arizona
Bouse, Arizona is a small unincorporated desert community and former mining and railroad town in western Arizona.
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B.
Holbrook, Arizona
Holbrook, Arizona is a small city in northeastern Arizona known as a gateway to Petrified Forest National Park and historic Route 66.
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C.
Peoria, Arizona
Peoria, Arizona is a suburban city in the Phoenix metropolitan area known for hosting Major League Baseball spring training and offering a mix of residential communities, parks, and desert landscapes.
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D.
Supai, Arizona
Supai, Arizona is a remote village in the Grand Canyon that serves as the main home of the Havasupai people and a gateway to the famous Havasu Falls.
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E.
Quartzsite, Arizona
Quartzsite, Arizona is a small desert town in western Arizona famous for its massive winter influx of RVers, rockhounds, and swap-meet vendors drawn to its gem shows and mild climate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode | 928 ⓘ |
| category |
Colorado River Indian Reservation
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation
Unincorporated communities in Arizona ⓘ Unincorporated communities in La Paz County, Arizona ⓘ World War II internment camps for Japanese Americans ⓘ |
| climateClassification | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distanceTo | approximately 15 miles south of Parker, Arizona ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 100 meters
ⓘ
approximately 330 feet ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 9547 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Colorado River Indian Tribes (reservation jurisdiction)
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Indian Tribes
|
| hasHeritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark (Poston Elementary School Unit 1)
ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
|
| hasHeritageSite | Poston Elementary School Unit 1 ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
Poston Airport
ⓘ
Poston Elementary School ⓘ |
| historicalEventLocation | internment of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Poston War Relocation Center
ⓘ
World War II Japanese American internment camps ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese American internment
|
| locatedIn |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
Arizona ⓘ Colorado River Indian Reservation ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation
La Paz County, Arizona ⓘ |
| locatedInDesert | Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Lower Colorado River Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Colorado River region
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Mountain Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain Standard Time (no DST)
|
| locatedNear | Colorado River ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Colorado River Indian Reservation
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation
|
| namedAfter | Charles Debrille Poston ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | false ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado River Indian Reservation
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation
La Paz County, Arizona ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| postalCode | 85371 ⓘ |
| transportationAccess | served by local roads connecting to Arizona State Route 95 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Poston, Arizona Description of subject: Poston, Arizona is a small unincorporated community on the Colorado River Indian Reservation best known as the site of a major World War II Japanese American internment camp complex.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Poston, Arizona