Pontiac

city and county seat of Oakland County, Michigan, United States
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Summary

Pontiac is a city in the United States[1]. Pontiac ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,880 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Oakland County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Shares border with: Lake Angelus[6], Auburn Hills[7], Bloomfield Township[8], Sylvan Lake[9], Waterford[10]
  • Named after: Pontiac[11]
  • Postal code: 48055[12], 48340[13], 48341[14], 48342[15], 48343[16]
  • Commons category: Pontiac, Michigan[17]
  • Local dialing code: 248[18]
  • Inception: 1818[19]
  • Coordinate location: 42.646111111111, -83.2925[20]
  • Official website: https://www.pontiac.mi.us[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pontiac, Michigan[22]
  • Population: 1904[23], 59,515[24], 61,606[25]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Pontiac, Michigan[26]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], New International Encyclopedia[28]
  • Capital of: Oakland County[29]
  • Official name: Pontiac[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pontiac, Michigan[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pontiac, Michigan[32]
  • Number of households: 23,529[33]
  • Native label: Pontiac[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Pontiac, Michigan[35]
  • Elevation above sea level: 281[36]
  • Area: 52.538092[37], 52.538144[38]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.5468[39]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Pontiac include Pontiac fever[40], an infectious disease[41].

Why It Matters

Pontiac has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Pontiac is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Pontiac include Pontiac fever[40], an infectious disease[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1290658196
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → pontiac
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pontiac, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950789|pontiac (#289950789)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Oakland County
    Named after → —
    Official website → https://www.pontiac.mi.us
    Inception → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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