Indiana–Ohio border

E300612

internationally recognized boundary state border

The Indiana–Ohio border is the state line separating Indiana and Ohio in the Midwestern United States, running north–south and passing just east of cities such as Richmond, Indiana.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Indiana–Ohio border canonical	2
Ohio–Indiana border	2
Indiana state line	1
Indiana–Ohio state line	1
Ohio–Indiana	1
Ohio–Indiana state line	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2825454 — 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: Indiana–Ohio border
Context triple: [Richmond, Indiana, locatedNear, Indiana–Ohio border]

A. Illinois–Indiana state line
The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
B. Tennessee–Kentucky border
The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
C. Indiana and Kentucky
Indiana and Kentucky are neighboring U.S. states in the Midwest and Upper South, respectively, separated in large part by the Ohio River.
D. Nebraska–Missouri border
The Nebraska–Missouri border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Missouri to the east.
E. Pennsylvania–New York border
The Pennsylvania–New York border is the interstate boundary separating the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and New York, running largely east–west across the northern edge of Pennsylvania.
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: Indiana–Ohio border
Target entity description: The Indiana–Ohio border is the state line separating Indiana and Ohio in the Midwestern United States, running north–south and passing just east of cities such as Richmond, Indiana.

A. Illinois–Indiana state line
The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
B. Tennessee–Kentucky border
The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
C. Indiana and Kentucky
Indiana and Kentucky are neighboring U.S. states in the Midwest and Upper South, respectively, separated in large part by the Ohio River.
D. Nebraska–Missouri border
The Nebraska–Missouri border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Missouri to the east.
E. Pennsylvania–New York border
The Pennsylvania–New York border is the interstate boundary separating the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and New York, running largely east–west across the northern edge of Pennsylvania.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internationally recognized boundary ⓘ state border ⓘ
appearsOn	U.S. Geological Survey maps ⓘ linked to: USGS topographic maps official state maps of Indiana ⓘ official state maps of Ohio ⓘ
borderBetween	U.S. state of Indiana ⓘ linked to: Indiana U.S. state of Ohio ⓘ linked to: Ohio
coordinateSystem	based on Public Land Survey System surveys ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	Interstate 70 ⓘ U.S. Route 27 ⓘ U.S. Route 40 ⓘ
demarcates	time zone boundary in some locations ⓘ
direction	north–south ⓘ
establishedFor	defining territorial limits of Indiana ⓘ defining territorial limits of Ohio ⓘ
followsMeridian	approximately 84 degrees west longitude ⓘ
governedBy	Indiana Code ⓘ Ohio Revised Code ⓘ
hasAdjacentStateToEast	Ohio ⓘ
hasAdjacentStateToWest	Indiana ⓘ
hasEndPoint	Indiana–Ohio–Kentucky tripoint ⓘ
hasHistoricalBasisIn	Northwest Territory surveys ⓘ early 19th-century state boundary definitions ⓘ
hasLegalAuthority	Indiana state government ⓘ Ohio state government ⓘ
hasNearbyCityOnIndianaSide	Richmond, Indiana ⓘ
hasNearbyCityOnOhioSide	Eaton, Ohio ⓘ
hasOrientation	roughly meridional ⓘ
hasStartPoint	Indiana–Michigan–Ohio tripoint ⓘ
isSubjectOf	state boundary law and case law ⓘ
legalStatus	state line ⓘ
liesWithin	contiguous United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ
mapFeatureClass	political boundary ⓘ
partOf	borders of Indiana ⓘ borders of Ohio ⓘ
passesEastOf	Richmond, Indiana ⓘ
passesNear	Richmond, Indiana ⓘ
recognizedBy	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
separates	Indiana ⓘ Ohio ⓘ
touchesAtSouthernEnd	Ohio River ⓘ
usedFor	electoral district delimitation ⓘ jurisdictional boundary ⓘ law enforcement jurisdiction ⓘ taxation boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Richmond, Indiana → locatedNear → Indiana–Ohio border ⓘ

Wayne County, Indiana → locatedOn → Indiana–Ohio border ⓘ

Cincinnati metropolitan area → crossesStateBorder → Ohio–Indiana border ⓘ