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Welcome to Pondosa ...

Pondosa is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pondosa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

Pondosa is 3,260 feet [994 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pondosa is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Pondosa lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Pondosa, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Pondosa: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Pondosa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pondosa - it's located in California.

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

Websites for Pondosa ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Pondosa, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Pondosa ...

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

  • Baker City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Baker City is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
    • Baker City has also been known as:
    • Baker
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <4>
  • Union
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • North Powder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Haines
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Keating
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Keating is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Hutchinson ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
  • Sparta ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparta is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Pocahontas ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pocahontas is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
  • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cornucopia is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
  • Cove
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pondosa ...

Looking for more information about Pondosa? 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 Pondosa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pondosa.

Adding Pondosa to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pondosa post office opened in 1927. The Pondosa post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pondosa.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pondosa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Pondosa area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Pondosa area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/