Angoon

Also known as Angoon, Alaska

city in Alaska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alaska
Census area: Hoonah-Angoon
Incorporated: May 7, 1963
Mayor: Albert Kookesh
State senator: Bert Stedman ( R )
State rep: Rebecca Himschoot ( I )
Total: 38.97 sq mi (100.93 km )
Land: 24.53 sq mi (63.54 km )
Water: 14.44 sq mi (37.39 km )
Elevation: 23 ft (7 m)
Density: 14.6/sq mi (5.62/km )
Time zone

Article

Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, Tlingit: Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Angoon had a population of 357. For statistical purposes, it is in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area.

The name in Tlingit, Aangóon, means roughly "isthmus town." It is the headquarters of the Angoon Community Association, a federally recognized tribe of Tlingit people.