Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak is a city in Alaska. It is one of seven towns on Kodiak Island.
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| Coordinates: 57°47′35″N 152°23′39″W / 57.79306°N 152.39417°WCoordinates: 57°47′35″N 152°23′39″W / 57.79306°N 152.39417°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Kodiak Island |
| Incorporated | September 11, 1940[2] |
| 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 | |
| • 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 |
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
"Russian Church" photo by John Nathan Cobb, June 1908
Street in 1965, Kodiak, Alaska
Customers line up in front of the Orpheum Theater
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.
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.
- Kodiak, Alaska 1900s.jpg
Kodiak, sometime shortly after 1900
- Kodiak panorama, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 258).jpeg
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)
- Alaska Commercial Co's store, Kodiak, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 103).jpeg
Alaska Commercial Company buildings in Kodiak, June 1908
- Superintendent's residence, Alaska Commercial Co, Kodiak, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 260).jpeg
Alaska Commercial Company Superintendent's residence, 1908
References
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ↑ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 84.
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Kodiak city, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
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