What is the population of Port Alexander, Alaska?

Port Alexander has a population of approximately 50 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Port Alexander, Alaska located?

Port Alexander is located in Alaska, United States, at approximate coordinates 56.2376°, -134.6527°.

What is the median household income in Port Alexander?

The median household income in Port Alexander is approximately $57,813 based on the most recent open data.

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Port Alexander

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Port Alexander

Total population

Median home value

$118,800

18.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$57,813

Port Alexander$58k

National$74k

Founded

1974

Air quality index

40Good

Elevation13 m

Land area38.88 km²

Weather56°F · Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates56.24°, -134.65°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Founded

1974

Elevation

13 m

Area

38.88 km²

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Overview

Port Alexander 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 & geography

History

There is no written record of a permanent Tlingit settlement at Port Alexander. One translation of its Tlingit name, Haa Léelk'w Hás Aaní Saax'ú, is "Village beside Shee [Baranof Island]" Vancouver's 1798 chart of southern Baranof Island shows the outline of Port Alexander. Mikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov was the director of the Russian-American Company and governor of Russian America from 1845 to 1850. He was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and an expert surveyor and hydrographer. He produced one of the first detailed charts of Baranof Island. He is credited by one source with naming Port Alexander, speculating that he commemorated Alexander Baranof, the first governor of Russian Alaska. Tebenkov's 1849 map shows the outline of Port Alexander, but does not label it as such. Port Alexander was visited occasionally by yachts, commercial vessels, and fishing boats in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1895 the 240-foot yacht Eleanor, owned by William A. Slater, stopped during an Alaskan cruise. In June 1898 Moran Brothers assembled a fleet of twelve paddlewheel steamers in Puget Sound. They sailed for St. Michael Alaska, to serve the Klondike gold rush trade on the Yukon River. The ships encountered a storm in which nine ships were reported damaged. The fleet put in to Port Alexander to make repairs on June 7 and sailed out on June 9, 1898. In January 1902 the tug Pilot and her tow anchored at Port Alexander to wait out a storm. During another storm in October 1905, the 223-foot steamship Santa Clara also used Port Alexander for refuge. Notwithstanding this history, the 1901 U.S. Coast Pilot reported that Port Alexander could "only be used by very small vessels and has an uninviting appearance." Fishermen found Port Alexander…

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