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town sign

road sign placed at the side of the road or street at the boundary of the territory of a city, town, or village
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town sign

Summary

town sign ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • The location of town sign was city limits[2].
  • town sign is a type of traffic sign[3].
  • town sign is a type of place name sign[4].
  • town sign's Commons category is recorded as City limit signs[5].
  • town sign's facet of is recorded as city access point[6].
  • town sign's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as traffic_sign=city_limit[7].
  • town sign's partially coincident with is recorded as welcome sign[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include traffic sign[3] and place name sign[4].

Why It Matters

town sign ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_town-sign_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{town sign}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/town-sign}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6840
    Facet of → city access point
    Subclass of → —
    Location → city limits
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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