Pondosa, California
| Pondosa, California | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Pondosa, California | |
| Coordinates: 41°11′58″N 121°41′20″W / 41.19944°N 121.68889°WCoordinates: 41°11′58″N 121°41′20″W / 41.19944°N 121.68889°W | |
| 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
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pondosa, California
- ↑ 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.
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