Pondosa, California

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Pondosa, California
Unincorporated community
Pondosa, California
Coordinates: 41°11′58″N 121°41′20″W / 41.19944°N 121.68889°W / 41.19944; -121.68889Coordinates: 41°11′58″N 121°41′20″W / 41.19944°N 121.68889°W / 41.19944; -121.68889
Country United States
State California
County Siskiyou
Elevation 4,140 ft (1,260 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Area code(s) 530
GNIS feature ID 264928[1]

Pondosa is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Pondosa is 33.5 miles (53.9 km) east-southeast of Mount Shasta. A post office opened in Pondosa in 1925. The community was named after the ponderosa pine by Elmer E. Hall.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pondosa, California
  2. ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 294. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. 
Municipalities and communities of Siskiyou County, California, United States
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Footnotes
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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