Pocatello

city in Bannock and Power counties in Idaho, United States, that is the county seat of Bannock County
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Summary

Pocatello is a city in the United States[1]. Pocatello ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,142 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bannock County[3], Power County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Head of government: Brian Blad[6]
  • Instance of: county seat[7]
  • Shares border with: Chubbuck[8], Fort Hall Reservation[9]
  • Named after: Chief Pocatello[10]
  • Flag: flag of Pocatello, Idaho[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Ali Sabieh[12], Iwamizawa[13]
  • Postal code: 83201[14], 83202[15], 83204[16], 83205[17], 83206[18], 83209[19]
  • Commons category: Pocatello, Idaho[20]
  • Located in time zone: Mountain Time Zone[21]
  • Local dialing code: 208[22]
  • Inception: 1889[23]
  • Official website: http://www.pocatello.us[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pocatello, Idaho[25]
  • Population: 58,255[26], 54,255[27], 56,320[28]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Pocatello, Idaho[29]
  • Capital of: Bannock County[30]
  • Official name: Pocatello[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pocatello, Idaho[32]
  • Number of households: 20,766[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Pocatello, Idaho[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1360 m[35]
  • Area: 84.613175 km²[36], 83.858566 km²[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.482 percent[38]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Pocatello include Pocatello Regional Airport[39], an airport[40], in United States[41].

Why It Matters

Pocatello has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Pocatello is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Pocatello include Pocatello Regional Airport[39], an airport[40], in United States[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . pocatello.us. Retrieved . pocatello.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Q114502058. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → city in the United States, county seat
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Pocatello metropolitan area
    Named after → —
    Population → {'amount': '+58255'}, {'amount': '+54255'}, {'amount': '+56320'}
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