Bristol Bay Borough

administration
US state :	Alaska
Administrative headquarters :	Naknek
Foundation :	1962
Demographics
Residents :	997  (2010)
Population density :	0.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2299 km²
Water surface :	991 km²
map

Bristol Bay Borough is a borough in the state of Alaska in the United States of America . The borough's administrative headquarters are in Naknek on the eponymous Bristol Bay . The 2010 census counted 997 residents.

geography

The borough has an area of ​​2,299 square kilometers; of which square kilometers are land and 991 square kilometers (43.12 percent) are water.

history

The borough was established in October 1962. The name Bristol Bay goes back to James Cook , who named the bay after the naval officer Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol .

The St. John the Baptist Chapel has been registered in the NRHP since June 1980.

Two structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 20, 2020, the Elevation of Holy Cross Church and St. John the Baptist Chapel .

Neighborboroughs

Bristol Bay Borough has only one neighbor: Lake and Peninsula Borough .

Demographics

Currently (February 2007) only a small part of the data from the 2005 census is available. The data from 2000 is therefore also used.

Data from 2005

According to the 2005 (2000) census, 1,112 (1,258) people and 969 (979) house units were counted.

Broken down by race, there is a breakdown of 57.6 percent (52.54 percent) white, 41.4 percent (43.72 percent) natives and 1 percent (4.74 percent) others.

30.9 percent (38.2 percent) of the population was under 18 and 5.9 percent (3.8 percent) over 65 years old.

Data from 2000

Of the 490 households, 38.2 percent had children under the age of 18, 49.2 percent were married (and lived together). The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.33. The median age in 2000 was 36 years. For every 100 women (over 18) there were 125.6 men.

towns and places

• King Salmon
• Naknek
• South Naknek

Web links

Commons : Bristol Bay Borough  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Census 2000
• 2005 census
• official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 31.
2. ^ St. John the Baptist Chapel in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 20, 2020.
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 20, 2020.
   Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 20, 2020.

Coordinates: 58 ° 44 ′  N , 156 ° 59 ′  W