Ponemah, Minnesota
CDP
About Ponemah
Ponemah, MN is a small unincorporated community located in northern Minnesota.
Ponemah holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 10.96 square miles.
📰 Ponemah News Today
- Obituary for Donald Peter Bohn Northern Peace Funeral Home · May 16
- Kari Nevaeh Toney Red Lake Nation News · Nov 7
- Obituary for Harold Wayne Raincloud, Sr. Northern Peace Funeral Home · Dec 5
- Ponemah, MN Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 30
- Obituary for Lorna Beth Fairbanks Northern Peace Funeral Home · Oct 1
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Ponemah Unique
- The only place in America named Ponemah — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
- Positioned in northern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 16 miles.
🏫 Schools in Ponemah
- PONEMAH ELEMENTARY
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMinnesota
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area10.96 sq mi
Coordinates48.0348, -94.8983