Fort Atkinson, Iowa

E271206

city historic site human settlement municipality state preserve

Fort Atkinson, Iowa is a small historic city in northeastern Iowa known for the 19th-century Fort Atkinson State Preserve, a restored frontier military outpost.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Atkinson	6
Fort Atkinson, Iowa canonical	4
Fort Atkinson (former U.S. Army post)	1
Fort Atkinson (historic military fortification)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2486564 — 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: Fort Atkinson, Iowa
Context triple: [Winneshiek County, Iowa, contains, Fort Atkinson, Iowa]

A. Attica, Iowa
Attica, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Marion County in the U.S. state of Iowa.
B. Farragut, Iowa
Farragut, Iowa is a small city in Fremont County named in honor of U.S. Civil War Admiral David Farragut.
C. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States is a small city in Jefferson County known in part as the place where Rosemary Kennedy, sister of President John F. Kennedy, spent her later years and died at a local care facility.
D. Winterset, Iowa
Winterset, Iowa is a small city best known as the county seat of Madison County and the birthplace of actor John Wayne, as well as for its historic covered bridges.
E. Atalissa, Iowa
Atalissa, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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: Fort Atkinson, Iowa
Target entity description: Fort Atkinson, Iowa is a small historic city in northeastern Iowa known for the 19th-century Fort Atkinson State Preserve, a restored frontier military outpost.

A. Attica, Iowa
Attica, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Marion County in the U.S. state of Iowa.
B. Farragut, Iowa
Farragut, Iowa is a small city in Fremont County named in honor of U.S. Civil War Admiral David Farragut.
C. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States is a small city in Jefferson County known in part as the place where Rosemary Kennedy, sister of President John F. Kennedy, spent her later years and died at a local care facility.
D. Winterset, Iowa
Winterset, Iowa is a small city best known as the county seat of Madison County and the birthplace of actor John Wayne, as well as for its historic covered bridges.
E. Atalissa, Iowa
Atalissa, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ historic site ⓘ human settlement ⓘ municipality ⓘ state preserve ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivision	Midwestern United States ⓘ
county	Winneshiek County ⓘ
GNISFeatureClass	populated place ⓘ
hasAttraction	Fort Atkinson State Preserve ⓘ
hasFeature	restored frontier military outpost ⓘ
hasHeritage	19th-century U.S. Army fort ⓘ U.S. military history ⓘ frontier-era history ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	19th-century frontier fort ⓘ
hasPreserve	Fort Atkinson State Preserve ⓘ
isHistoricCity	true ⓘ
knownFor	Fort Atkinson State Preserve ⓘ restored frontier military outpost ⓘ
locatedIn	Fort Atkinson, Iowa ⓘ northeastern Iowa ⓘ
namedAfter	Fort Atkinson ⓘ linked to: Fort Atkinson, Iowa
operatedBy	State of Iowa ⓘ linked to: Iowa
state	Iowa ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Winneshiek County, Iowa → contains → Fort Atkinson, Iowa ⓘ

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin → namedAfter → Fort Atkinson (historic military fortification) ⓘ

subject linked to: Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States