Port Lions
Masiqsirraq | |
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.jpg) A radio scientist from Stanford University at the Port Lions post office. | |
  Port Lions Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 57°52′5″N 152°52′48″W / 57.86806°N 152.88000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Kodiak Island |
| Incorporated | January 24, 1966[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dorinda Kewan |
| • State senator | Gary Stevens (R) |
| • State rep. | Louise Stutes (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.73 sq mi (22.60 km2) |
| • Land | 4.99 sq mi (12.91 km2) |
| • Water | 3.74 sq mi (9.69 km2) |
| Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 170 |
| • Density | 34.10/sq mi (13.16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99550 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-63610 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1408218 |
Port Lions (Masiqsirraq[3] in Alutiiq) is a city located on Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 194, down from 256 in 2000.
Port Lions was built to house the inhabitants of Ag'waneq from the neighboring island of Afognak and Port Wakefield from Raspberry Island, after their villages were destroyed by the Good Friday earthquake in 1964. Port Lions was built with help from the United States government and the Lions Club. It was named in honor of the club.
- ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 124.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ ANLC : Alaska Native Place Names