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Unincorporated community in California, United States

Unincorporated community in California, United States
Pondosa, California
Unincorporated community
Pondosa, California is located in CaliforniaPondosa, CaliforniaPondosa, CaliforniaShow map of CaliforniaPondosa, California is located in the United StatesPondosa, CaliforniaPondosa, CaliforniaShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 41°11′58″N 121°41′20″W / 41.19944°N 121.68889°W / 41.19944; -121.68889
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySiskiyou
Elevation4,140 ft (1,260 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code530
GNIS feature ID264928

Pondosa is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Pondosa is 33.5 miles (53.9 km) east-southeast of Mount Shasta, and is located along a former branch line of the McCloud Railway. A post office opened in Pondosa in 1925. The community was named after the ponderosa pine by Elmer E. Hall.

Pondosa existed largely as a logging town, with Pondosa School District established from November 1925 to July 1933. Some structures became the property of McCloud school district. The school was later repurposed as Pondosa Branch Library, circa 1938. Sometime near 1933 logging tapered off and the area largely depopulated.

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.
  3. https://www.siskiyoucoe.net/cms/lib/CA01001605/Centricity/domain/106/historic%20elementary%20schools/Pondosa.pdf

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Municipalities and communities of Siskiyou County, California, United States
County seat: Yreka
Cities
Siskiyou County map
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Indian reservation
Ghost towns
Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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