Ponderay
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city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Bonner
- Incorporated village
- May 27, 1947
- Incorporated city
- November 26, 1968
- Total
- 3.45 sq mi (8.94 km )
- Land
- 2.93 sq mi (7.60 km )
- Water
- 0.52 sq mi (1.34 km )
- Elevation
- 2,129 ft (649 m)
- Density
- 439.3/sq mi (169.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 16-64450
- Website
- www .cityofponderay .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ponderay (/ˌpɒndəˈreɪ/ POND-ə-RAY) is a city in Bonner County, Idaho. As of the 2020 census, Ponderay had a population of 1,289. Ponderay's city motto is "Little City with the Big Future". Its name is an English phonetic spelling of the French words “Pend d'Oreille”, the name of a local indigenous people that live in the region. The name of the lake the city sits on, Lake Pend Oreille, is also a corruption of the Pend d'Orielles.
History
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