Welcome to Ponemah ...

Ponemah is located in Beltrami County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ponemah, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Ponemah is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ponemah lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Ponemah: (218)

The ZIP code for Ponemah: 56666<3>

Communities Also Named Ponemah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Ponemah - they are located in Illinois, Manitoba and New Hampshire.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ponemah.

Communities near Ponemah ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ponemah.

• Redby
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redby
  • Redby is located in Beltrami County
• Red Lake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
  • Red Lake is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake <4>
• Saum
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saum
  • Saum is located in Beltrami County
• Shotley
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotley
  • Shotley is located in Beltrami County
• Little Rock
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
• Quiring
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiring
  • Quiring is located in Beltrami County
• Island Lake
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
  • Island Lake is located in Beltrami County
• Nebish
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebish
  • Nebish is located in Beltrami County
• Waskish
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskish
  • Waskish is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskish <4>
• Debs
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debs
  • Debs is located in Beltrami County

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 Ponemah. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ponemah.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ponemah. 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 Ponemah.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ponemah. See our Newspapers Page for Ponemah.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ponemah ...

Looking for more information about Ponemah? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ponemah, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ponemah.

Adding Ponemah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ponemah 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 for Ponemah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ponemah post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ponemah.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ponemah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Beltrami County: www.co.beltrami.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/