Hibbing, Minnesota, United States

E49875

city municipality

Hibbing, Minnesota, United States is a small iron-mining city on the Mesabi Range known as the hometown of several notable figures, including basketball Hall of Famer Kevin McHale and musician Bob Dylan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hibbing, Minnesota	39
Hibbing, Minnesota, United States canonical	5
Hibbing, Minnesota region	1
city of Hibbing	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T391901 — 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: Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Context triple: [Kevin McHale, placeOfBirth, Hibbing, Minnesota, United States]

A. Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, is a city in southeastern Minnesota best known as the home of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic medical center.
B. Fridley, Minnesota, United States
Fridley, Minnesota, United States is a suburban city in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and major corporate presence.
C. Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States is a small northern Minnesota city best known as the birthplace of iconic actress and singer Judy Garland.
D. Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a major city in Minnesota known for its large and historically significant Norwegian American community, vibrant arts scene, and numerous lakes.
E. Duluth
Duluth is a major port city in northeastern Minnesota known for its shipping industry, scenic Lake Superior shoreline, and role as a regional transportation hub.
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: Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Target entity description: Hibbing, Minnesota, United States is a small iron-mining city on the Mesabi Range known as the hometown of several notable figures, including basketball Hall of Famer Kevin McHale and musician Bob Dylan.

A. Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, is a city in southeastern Minnesota best known as the home of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic medical center.
B. Fridley, Minnesota, United States
Fridley, Minnesota, United States is a suburban city in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and major corporate presence.
C. Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States is a small northern Minnesota city best known as the birthplace of iconic actress and singer Judy Garland.
D. Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a major city in Minnesota known for its large and historically significant Norwegian American community, vibrant arts scene, and numerous lakes.
E. Duluth
Duluth is a major port city in northeastern Minnesota known for its shipping industry, scenic Lake Superior shoreline, and role as a regional transportation hub.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	Frank Hibbing ⓘ
hasAirport	Range Regional Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode	218 ⓘ
hasAttraction	Bob Dylan sites in Hibbing ⓘ Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat	Duluth, Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Duluth
hasEducationalInstitution	Hibbing Community College ⓘ Hibbing High School ⓘ
hasFeature	historic downtown ⓘ open-pit iron mines ⓘ
hasFIPSCode	27-28750 ⓘ
hasGNISFeatureID	0662100 ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHeritage	mining town ⓘ
hasHospital	Fairview Range Medical Center ⓘ
hasIndustry	iron mining ⓘ taconite mining ⓘ
hasLibrary	Hibbing Public Library ⓘ
hasNickname	The Iron Capital of the World ⓘ
hasNotableResident	Bob Dylan ⓘ Gary Puckett ⓘ Kevin McHale ⓘ Roger Maris (early childhood) ⓘ Vincent Bugliosi ⓘ
hasPostalCode	55746 ⓘ
hasPublicTransport	Arrowhead Transit ⓘ
hasUTCOffset	UTC−06:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
isInCongressionalDistrict	Minnesota's 8th congressional district ⓘ
isKnownFor	Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine ⓘ Mesabi Range mining operations ⓘ being the hometown of Bob Dylan ⓘ being the hometown of Kevin McHale ⓘ iron ore mining ⓘ
isPartOf	St. Louis County, Minnesota ⓘ
locatedIn	Minnesota ⓘ St. Louis County, Minnesota ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Iron Range, Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Iron Range region of Minnesota
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Mesabi Iron Range ⓘ linked to: Iron Range region of Minnesota
namedAfter	Frank Hibbing ⓘ
partOf	Mesabi Range ⓘ
roadServedBy	Minnesota State Highway 37 ⓘ Minnesota State Highway 73 ⓘ U.S. Route 169 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (46)

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

Kevin McHale → placeOfBirth → Hibbing, Minnesota, United States ⓘ

Hibbing High School → locatedIn → Hibbing, Minnesota, United States ⓘ

Roger Maris → placeOfBirth → Hibbing, Minnesota, United States ⓘ

St. Louis County, Minnesota → contains → Hibbing, Minnesota ⓘ