Ketchikan
| Ketchikan | |||
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 Creek Street |
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| Location in Alaska | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | August 25, 1900 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 55 ° 21 ′ N , 131 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 8,245 (as of 2014) | ||
| Population density : | 947.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 10.7 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 8.7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 0 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 99901, 99950 | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-38970 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1423039 | ||
| Website : | www.city.ketchikan.ak.us | ||
Ketchikan is a US city in Alaska with a population of 8,245. It is the administrative seat of Ketchikan Gateway Borough . Ketchikan is the largest town on Revillagigedo Island and the second largest city in the Alexander Archipelago after Sitka . The city is located in the south of the so-called Alaska Panhandle .
Ketchikan's economy thrives on fishing and tourism. The Misty Fjords National Monument is the main attraction of the city. In the northeast is the Tongass National Forest .
Ketchikan is named after the Ketchikan Creek River that flows through the city.
history
The history of Ketchikan began in 1883 when a salmon processing factory was built here. In the early 1900s, a canning factory was also opened, in which salmon was bottled, and a department store. The parish was officially registered in 1900; at that time Ketchikan had about 800 inhabitants.
With the start of mining in the area, Ketchikan became an important trading center. In the Creek Street one was red light district , where at times up to thirty brothels were operated simultaneously and in which large portions of the salaries of the miners were reissued.
With the decline of mining, the economic focus shifted to industrial fishing and the extraction of timber . In the meantime, however, the latter has largely become meaningless again.
tourism
Cruise ships call at Ketchikan . The passengers of the ships visit the nearby village of Saxman with the totem poles erected there , which can also be seen in Totem Bight State Park and the Totem Heritage Center . Some of the objects were made by the native Indians as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) set up by the Roosevelt government in the 1930s .
sons and daughters of the town
- Frank Murkowski (* 1933), American politician
- Lisa Murkowski (* 1957), American politician
- Rudy Pankow (* 1998), actor
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Census
- ↑ a b c www.ketchikanalaska.com. (No longer available online.) Www.ketchikanalaska.com, archived from the original on May 25, 2009 ; accessed on June 16, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
