Census Data for Pontiac
Although we found mention of Pontiac during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..
As far as we can tell, Pontiac has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Pontiac, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- El Dorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- El Dorado is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Dorado <2>
- Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <2>
- Cassoday
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassoday have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassoday
- Cassoday is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cassoday <2>
- Towanda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towanda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towanda
- Towanda is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Towanda <2>
- Augusta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Augusta is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Augusta <2>
- Potwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potwin
- Potwin is located in Butler County
- Latham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Latham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Latham is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Latham <2>
- Burns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Benton is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <2>
- Eureka
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <2>
- Andover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Andover is located in Butler County
- Andover has also been known as:
- Cloud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <2>
- Matfield Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matfield Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matfield Green
- Matfield Green is located in Chase County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Matfield Green <2>
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- Whitewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Whitewater is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitewater <2>
- Atlanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlanta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Atlanta is located in Cowley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <2>
- Douglass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Douglass is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglass <2>
- Whitewater
Butler County ...
Pontiac is located in Butler County<4>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Butler County.
Miscellaneous Information for Pontiac ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Butler County or the community of Pontiac:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 20 (Kansas)
- County Code: 015 (Butler County)
- Place Code: 57035 (Pontiac)
- State & County Code: 20/015 (Kansas / Butler County)
- State & Place Code: 20/57035 (Kansas / Pontiac)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Pontiac is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Pontiac.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Butler County: www.bucoks.com/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Pontiac and then turned east". While Pontiac could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Pontiac as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Pontiac could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Pontiac. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |