Fort Edward, New York

E286853

municipality village

Fort Edward, New York is a small historic village in northeastern New York State known for its role in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Edward, New York canonical	10
Fort Edward	2
Town of Fort Edward, New York	2
Fort Edward Historical Association	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2665146 — 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 Edward, New York
Context triple: [Washington County, New York, countySeat, Fort Edward, New York]

A. Ticonderoga, New York
Ticonderoga, New York is a historic town in northeastern New York State best known for its strategic location between Lake George and Lake Champlain and the nearby Fort Ticonderoga.
B. Old Forge, New York
Old Forge, New York is a small Adirondack hamlet and popular year-round tourist destination known for outdoor recreation, including boating, skiing, and snowmobiling.
C. Crown Point, New York
Crown Point, New York is a small town on the western shore of Lake Champlain known for its historic Revolutionary War-era forts and scenic Adirondack setting.
D. Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga is a historic fort and strategic military site in upstate New York that played a key role in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
E. Schaghticoke, New York
Schaghticoke, New York is a small town in eastern New York State known for its rural character and historic location at the confluence of the Hoosic and Hudson Rivers.
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 Edward, New York
Target entity description: Fort Edward, New York is a small historic village in northeastern New York State known for its role in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

A. Ticonderoga, New York
Ticonderoga, New York is a historic town in northeastern New York State best known for its strategic location between Lake George and Lake Champlain and the nearby Fort Ticonderoga.
B. Old Forge, New York
Old Forge, New York is a small Adirondack hamlet and popular year-round tourist destination known for outdoor recreation, including boating, skiing, and snowmobiling.
C. Crown Point, New York
Crown Point, New York is a small town on the western shore of Lake Champlain known for its historic Revolutionary War-era forts and scenic Adirondack setting.
D. Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga is a historic fort and strategic military site in upstate New York that played a key role in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
E. Schaghticoke, New York
Schaghticoke, New York is a small town in eastern New York State known for its rural character and historic location at the confluence of the Hoosic and Hudson Rivers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ village ⓘ
adjacentTo	Town of Kingsbury, New York ⓘ linked to: Kingsbury, New York Town of Moreau, New York ⓘ linked to: Moreau, New York
areaCode	518 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Washington County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	village government ⓘ
hasFeature	historic downtown ⓘ residential neighborhoods ⓘ
hasFunction	local commercial center ⓘ residential community ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Fort Edward site ⓘ Old Fort House Museum ⓘ
hasLandmark	Fort Edward Civil War monument ⓘ Hudson River waterfront ⓘ
hasMuseum	Old Fort House Museum ⓘ
hasRailStation	Fort Edward–Glens Falls station ⓘ
historicalEra	American Revolution ⓘ linked to: American Revolutionary War Colonial America ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major British fortification site ⓘ strategic point on route between New York City and Montreal ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington County seat area ⓘ northeastern New York ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Upper Hudson Valley ⓘ linked to: Hudson Valley
locatedOn	Hudson River ⓘ
namedAfter	Fort Edward ⓘ linked to: Fort Edward, New York
nearbyCity	Glens Falls, New York ⓘ Saratoga Springs, New York ⓘ
partOf	Town of Fort Edward, New York ⓘ linked to: Fort Edward, New York
partOfMetropolitanArea	Glens Falls metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCode	12828 ⓘ
region	Northeast United States ⓘ linked to: Northeastern United States
river	Hudson River ⓘ
roleIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ French and Indian War ⓘ linked to: French and Indian War (as part of British America)
servedAs	military staging area ⓘ supply depot ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Eastern Time Zone
transportation	Amtrak Adirondack line ⓘ linked to: Amtrak Adirondack Amtrak Ethan Allen Express ⓘ
usedFor	military encampments during American Revolutionary War ⓘ military encampments during French and Indian War ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Washington County, New York → countySeat → Fort Edward, New York ⓘ

Washington County, New York → contains → Fort Edward, New York ⓘ

Amtrak Ethan Allen Express → routeVia → Fort Edward ⓘ