Welcome to Ponchatoula ...The city of Ponchatoula is located in Tangipahoa Parish<1>. Ponchatoula was established in 1820. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Ponchatoula has a population of 7,388 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Ponchatoula is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Ponchatoula lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Ponchatoula: 985 The ZIP code for Ponchatoula: 70454<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Ponchatoula had an population of 7,388 people. This is an increase of 12.64% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 42.63% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Ponchatoula had a population of 6,559 people (which is 5.4% of the total population of Tangipahoa Parish). This makes Ponchatoula the parish's 2nd most populous community. The population of Ponchatoula represents 0.14% of the total population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 54th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 6,559 people, the population of Ponchatoula increased 26.62% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 5,180 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Ponchatoula. Communities near Ponchatoula ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ponchatoula.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ponchatoula. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ponchatoula. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ponchatoula. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ponchatoula. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ponchatoula. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Ponchatoula. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ponchatoula ...Looking for more information about Ponchatoula? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Ponchatoula, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ponchatoula. Adding Ponchatoula to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ponchatoula in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ponchatoula was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ponchatoula. Footnotes ...
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