Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak is a city in Alaska. It is one of seven towns on Kodiak Island.

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City
Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 57°47′35″N 152°23′39″W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kodiak Island
Incorporated	September 11, 1940
Area
• Total	5.50 sq mi (14.23 km2)
• Land	3.92 sq mi (10.16 km2)
• Water	1.57 sq mi (4.07 km2)
Elevation	49 ft (15 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,581
• Density	1,422.27/sq mi (549.11/km2)
Time zone	UTC-9 (AKST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code	99615, 99619, 99697
FIPS code	02-40950
GNIS feature ID	1404875
Website	www.city.kodiak.ak.us

The Alutiiq people were the first to live on the island. In the 18th century the town became the capital of Russian Alaska. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867. Kodiak became a center for commercial fishing

Kodiak, Alaska Media

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  The Russian sloop of war Neva visits Kodiak, Alaska in 1805

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  "Russian Church" photo by John Nathan Cobb, June 1908

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  Street in 1965, Kodiak, Alaska

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  Customers line up in front of the Orpheum Theater

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  The ferryboat MV Tustumena is part of the Alaska Marine Highway. She can carry 210 passengers and serves Kodiak, Homer, Whittier, and the Aleutian Islands as far west as Dutch Harbor.

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  A floatplane dropping off guests at a remote wilderness lodge on Raspberry Island, part of the Kodiak Archipelago. All guests at these lodges begin their journey in the city of Kodiak.

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  Kodiak, sometime shortly after 1900

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  From John Cobb field notebook: Kodiak, Alaska. June 22, 1908* * Subjects (LCTGM): Harbors--Alaska--Kodiak; Dwellings--Alaska--Kodiak * Subjects (LCSH): Kodiak (Alaska); Kodiak Harbor (Alaska)

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  Alaska Commercial Company buildings in Kodiak, June 1908

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  Alaska Commercial Company Superintendent's residence, 1908