Port Alexander
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city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Prince of Wales-Hyder
- Incorporated
- May 5, 1938
- Mayor
- Corey Gifford
- State senator
- Bert Stedman ( R )
- State rep
- Rebecca Himschoot ( I )
- Total
- 15.02 sq mi (38.89 km )
- Land
- 3.50 sq mi (9.07 km )
- Water
- 11.51 sq mi (29.82 km )
- Elevation
- 43 ft (13 m)
- Density
- 22/sq mi (8.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-62510
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Port Alexander
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Petersburg Census Area
- Population
- 78
- Area
- 38.879336
- Elevation
- 13
- Image
- Port Alexander.png
- Households
- 152
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- postal code
- 99836
- inception
- 1974-07-09
- water as percent of area
- 76.8819
- P8168
- Antigonid dynasty
- water area
- 29.891187
- mean age
- 28.8
- native label
- Shee Yat’aḵ.aan
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Encyclopedic overview
Port Alexander (Lingít: Shee Yat’aḵ.aan) is a city and harbor at the southeastern corner of Baranof Island, Alaska. As of the 2020 census the population was 78, up from 52 in 2010. In the early part of the twentieth century it was one of the most important fishing ports in Alaska, supporting hundreds of small trolling boats. By one estimate, these boats caught in excess of 5 million pounds of salmon per year in the 1920s.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port Alexander” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.