Ketchikan Gateway Borough

administration
US state :	Alaska
Administrative headquarters :	Ketchikan
Foundation :
Demographics
Residents :	13,477  (2010)
Population density :	4.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4545 km²
Water surface :	1349 km²
map

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is a borough in Alaska , United States . The district is located in the south of the so-called Alaska Panhandle . In 2010, 13,477 people lived here. The administrative seat is in Ketchikan .

geography

Before the incorporation in 2008, the district had an area of ​​4545 square kilometers; of which 3194 square kilometers are land and 1349 square kilometers (29.69 percent) are water bodies.

history

The borough was established on September 13, 1963.

On May 19, 2008, large parts of the then Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area , including the Outer Ketchikan region , fell to the borough.

The Saxman Totem Park has been registered in the NRHP since August 1979.

20 buildings and sites in the borough are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of April 21, 2020), including the Alaska Totems , the Downtown Ketchikan Historic District and the Saxman Totem Park .

Web links

Commons : Ketchikan Gateway Borough  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ketchikan Gateway Borough
• Map of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough (PDF file; 320 kB)

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. 162.
2. ↑ US Census Bureau ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
3. ^ Saxman Totem Park in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 21, 2020.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 21, 2020.
   Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 21, 2020.

Coordinates: 55 ° 32 ′  N , 131 ° 25 ′  W