Wrangell

Also known as Wrangell, Alaska, Fort Wrangell, City and Borough of Wrangell

consolidated city-borough in Alaska, United States of America

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alaska
Founded: 1834 ( 1834 )
Incorporated: 1903 (as a city); May 30, 2008 (as a borough)
Named after: Ferdinand von Wrangel
Mayor: Patricia Gilbert
Unified borough: 3,476.61 sq mi (9,004.37 km )
Land: 2,556.00 sq mi (6,620.00 km )
Water: 920.61 sq mi (2,384.38 km )
Urban: 71 sq mi (180 km )
Elevation: 69 ft (21 m)
Estimate 2025: 2,007
Density: 0.83/sq mi (0.32/km )
Time zone: UTC-9 ( AKST )
Summer dst: UTC-8 ( AKDT )
Fips codes: 02-275 , 02-86380
Gnis feature ids: 1415843 , 2418874
Website: wrangell .com

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Wrangell
Population: 2127
Area: 8966.715387
Elevation: 21
Official website: www.wrangell.com
Image: Wrangell downtown.JPG
Households: 989
Dialing code: 907

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Commons category: Wrangell, Alaska
native label: Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw
postal code: 99929
inception: 2008-05-30
P8168: Ouargla Province
per capita income: 32159
mean age: 31.5

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Wrangell (Tlingit: Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Russian: Врангель, romanized: Vrangel') is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was around 2,127, down from 2,369 in 2010.

Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Borough on May 30, 2008, Wrangell was previously a city in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, which was afterwards renamed the Petersburg Census Area (the Petersburg Borough was formed from part of this census area). Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw ("Ḵaachx̱ans Little Lake" with áa-kʼw 'lake-diminutive'). The Tlingit people living in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine River. Alternately they use the autonym Shxʼát Ḵwáan, where the meaning of shxʼát is unknown. They are enrolled in the Wrangell Cooperative Association, a federally recognized tribe.