Ponchatoula
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city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Tangipahoa
- Mayor
- Robert F. Zabbia
- Total
- 4.74 sq mi (12.27 km )
- Land
- 4.73 sq mi (12.26 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 26 ft (7.9 m)
- Density
- 1,653/sq mi (638.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 22-61615
- Website
- City of Ponchatoula, Louisiana
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Ponchatoula
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Population
- 7822
- Area
- 12.316611
- Elevation
- 8
- Official website
- www.ponchatoula.com
- Image
- PonchatoulaStrawberryFascade2007.jpg
- Households
- 2939
- Dialing code
- 985
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- twinned administrative body
- Carpentras
- postal code
- 70454
- Commons category
- Ponchatoula, Louisiana
- inception
- 1820-01-01
- P8168
- Condom
- water as percent of area
- 0.0868
- per capita income
- 24141
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ponchatoula is the second-largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. The population was 6,559 at the 2010 census and 7,545 at the time of the 2020 population estimates program.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ponchatoula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.