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Golden spike

ceremony for the completion of the first US railroad line from Sacramento to Omaha
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Golden spike

Summary

Golden spike is an opening ceremony[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of opening_ceremony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Golden spike is located in Utah[3].
  • Golden spike is in the country of United States[4].
  • Golden spike's instance of is recorded as opening ceremony[5].
  • Golden spike's instance of is recorded as monument[6].
  • Golden spike's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 662145601981401320632[7].
  • Golden spike's Commons category is recorded as Golden spike[8].
  • Golden spike's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.617963888889, 'lon': -112.55163055556}[9].
  • Golden spike's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020swm[10].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Golden spike include Golden Spike National Historical Park[11], a National Historical Park[12], in United States[13], founded in 1957[14].

Why It Matters

Golden spike ranks in the top 6% of opening_ceremony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for it include Golden Spike National Historical Park[11], a National Historical Park[12], in United States[13], founded in 1957[14].

Related Entities

United States Utah

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Golden spike. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/golden-spike
MLA “Golden spike.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/golden-spike.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_golden-spike_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Golden spike}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/golden-spike}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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