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PONTIAC
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Oakland county, See also:Michigan, U.S.A., on the See also:Clinton See also:river, about 26 m
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N.W. of See also:Detroit
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Pop
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(189o), 6200; (1900) 9769, of whom 2020 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 14,532
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It is served by the See also:Grand See also:Trunk and the Pontiac, See also:Oxford & See also:Northern See also:railways (being the See also:southern See also:terminus of the latter), and by the Detroit & Pontiac and the See also:North-Western electric inter-See also:urban lines
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In the surrounding See also:country there are many small, picturesque lakes (the largest being See also:Orchard, about 6 m. See also:south-See also:east of Pontiac, See also:Cass and See also: |
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