{"id":38256,"count":1,"description":"Ponchatoula is a city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,180 at the 2000 census. Ponchatoula calls itself the \"Strawberry Capital of the World\". It is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area. The current mayor is Bob Zabbia.\nPonchatoula is located at 30\u00b026\u203221\u2033N 90\u00b026\u203233\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff30.43917\u00b0N 90.4425\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 30.43917; -90.4425 (30.439162, -90.442507) and has an elevation of 26 feet (7.9\u00a0m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11\u00a0km), all land.\nPonchatoula is located along Interstate 55 and Louisiana Highway 22, equidistant from New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In the early 1900s, Ponchatoula was one of only two ways to get to New Orleans by land, giving it the title of \"Gateway to New Orleans.\"\nPonchatoula was established as a logging camp in 1820, and incorporated as a town on February 12, 1861. William Akers was the city's first mayor, and is credited with founding the town, establishing it on...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/ponchatoula\/","name":"Ponchatoula","slug":"ponchatoula","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/38256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=38256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}