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   Website. Official website. Pontiac ( / ˈpɒn ( t) iæk / POHN- (t)ee-ack) is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County, Michigan, United States. [3] As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 61,606. [4] A part of Metro Detroit, Pontiac is about 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of Detroit .

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2. www.britannica.com › place › Pontiac-MichiganPontiac | Location, History, Sites, & Facts | Britannica

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   Pontiac, city, seat (1820) of Oakland county, southeastern Michigan, U.S., lying on the Clinton River 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Detroit. Named for Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe, it was located on the Saginaw Trail and became an important wagon and carriage production centre in the 1880s.

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3. www.pontiac.mi.us › community › historyWelcome to Pontiac, MI

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   He was Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa Indian tribe, who lived from 1720 to 1769. Chief Pontiac was rugged, yet charismatic; strong, but gentle; a warrior, as well as a diplomat. It was Pontiac who united, for the first time, all the tribes between the Mississippi River, Florida and Canada for a common cause; to resist the men who were advancing ...

4. www.pontiactransportationmuseum.org › the-city-ofThe City of Pontiac: History, Legacy, and Community

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   The town of Pontiac was founded on the 9th of November, 1818, by a group of investors from the then-small town of Detroit. They called themselves “The Pontiac Company”, and it is clear from historical records that settling the town was a well-planned and executed series of events.

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   Where is Pontiac Michigan located?

   • Pontiac, city, seat (1820) of Oakland county, southeastern Michigan, U.S., lying on the Clinton River 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Detroit. Named for Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe, it was located on the Saginaw Trail and became an important wagon and carriage production centre in the 1880s.

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   Why is it called Pontiac Michigan?

   • Present-day Pontiac, Michigan was traversed for thousands of years by indigenous peoples due to the confluence of the Saginaw Trail and the Nottawassippi River; the river's indigenous name was replaced with the Clinton River name by settlers coming from New York State where DeWitt Clinton served as Governor.

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   Where is Pontiac Township?

   • Pontiac Township is a defunct charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The area consisted of what is now the cities of Pontiac, Auburn Hills, and Lake Angelus.

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   Where does Pontiac come from?

   • Today Michigan's Pontiac shares its name with cities in six other states; Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York and Rhode Island. A lake in Oakland County is named for Pontiac. So are a municipality and county in the province in Quebec, Canada. One of the world's most popular automobile nameplates also bears the name Pontiac.

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6. en.wikivoyage.org › wiki › Pontiac_(Michigan)Pontiac (Michigan) – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

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   Pontiac is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, and a satellite city of Detroit . Get in. 42°38′46″N 83°17′33″W. Map of Pontiac (Michigan) By train. See also: Rail travel in the United States. The Detroit Amtrak station. 1 Pontiac station, 51000 Woodward Ave. ( updated Oct 2023 | edit) Amtrak, ☏ +1 215-856-7924, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245.