Neshoba County

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administrative territorial entity county

Neshoba County is a rural county in Mississippi known for its historical significance in the civil rights movement and its annual Neshoba County Fair.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Neshoba County, Mississippi	3
Neshoba County canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3293851 — 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: Neshoba County
Context triple: [Central Mississippi, contains, Neshoba County]

A. Lowndes County, Mississippi
Lowndes County, Mississippi is a county in eastern Mississippi known for its county seat, the city of Columbus, and its role in the Golden Triangle region’s industrial and educational economy.
B. Lamar County
Lamar County is a county in the state of Georgia, United States, known for its seat in the city of Barnesville and its location in the central part of the state.
C. Lamar County
Lamar County is a rural county in western Alabama known for its small communities and agricultural landscape.
D. Lowndes County
Lowndes County is a rural county in central Alabama known for its significant role in the American civil rights movement, particularly during the Selma to Montgomery marches.
E. Hale County
Hale County is a rural county in west-central Alabama known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and role in the Black Belt region.
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: Neshoba County
Target entity description: Neshoba County is a rural county in Mississippi known for its historical significance in the civil rights movement and its annual Neshoba County Fair.

A. Lowndes County, Mississippi
Lowndes County, Mississippi is a county in eastern Mississippi known for its county seat, the city of Columbus, and its role in the Golden Triangle region’s industrial and educational economy.
B. Lamar County
Lamar County is a rural county in western Alabama known for its small communities and agricultural landscape.
C. Lamar County
Lamar County is a county in the state of Georgia, United States, known for its seat in the city of Barnesville and its location in the central part of the state.
D. Lowndes County
Lowndes County is a rural county in central Alabama known for its significant role in the American civil rights movement, particularly during the Selma to Montgomery marches.
E. Hale County
Hale County is a rural county in west-central Alabama known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and role in the Black Belt region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
contains	Choctaw Indian Reservation (portions) ⓘ Pearl River community ⓘ Philadelphia, Mississippi ⓘ linked to: Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States Union, Mississippi ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Philadelphia, Mississippi ⓘ linked to: Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States
demographics	predominantly White and African American population ⓘ significant Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians population ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ services ⓘ timber ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasAttraction	Neshoba County Fairgrounds ⓘ linked to: Neshoba County Fair
hasCourthouse	Neshoba County Courthouse in Philadelphia ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	site of major Mississippi political stump speeches ⓘ symbolic location in U.S. civil rights history ⓘ
hasEvent	Neshoba County Fair ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	unincorporated areas within Neshoba County ⓘ
hasLawEnforcement	Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict	Neshoba County School District ⓘ Philadelphia Public School District ⓘ linked to: School District of Philadelphia
hasTribalSchoolSystem	Choctaw Tribal School System ⓘ
historicalEvent	1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner ⓘ
isRural	true ⓘ
knownFor	1964 Freedom Summer murders of civil rights workers ⓘ Neshoba County Fair ⓘ civil rights movement history ⓘ
locatedIn	Mississippi ⓘ Neshoba County, Mississippi, is in the central part of the state ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
namedAfter	Neshoba (Choctaw word meaning ‘wolf’) ⓘ
NeshobaCountyFairKnownFor	agricultural and livestock exhibitions ⓘ camp houses and cabins ⓘ political speeches ⓘ
partOf	East Central Mississippi ⓘ Mississippi’s 3rd congressional district ⓘ linked to: Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
regionType	rural county ⓘ
seat	Philadelphia, Mississippi ⓘ linked to: Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States
state	Mississippi ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ UTC−06:00 ⓘ
timeZoneDST	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
transportation	served by Mississippi Highway 15 ⓘ served by Mississippi Highway 19 ⓘ linked to: Mississippi Highway 19 served by U.S. Highway 16 ⓘ

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

Central Mississippi → contains → Neshoba County ⓘ

Kemper County, Mississippi → borderedBy → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ

subject linked to: Kemper County, Mississippi, United States

linked to: Neshoba County

Newton County, Mississippi → borders → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ

linked to: Neshoba County

Attala County, Mississippi → borderedBy → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ

linked to: Neshoba County

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district → includesCounty → Neshoba County ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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