Seward
Qutalleq | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of Seward | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: "Gateway to the Kenai Fjords" | |
| Motto: "Alaska Starts Here" | |
  Seward Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 60°07′28″N 149°26′00″W / 60.12444°N 149.43333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Kenai Peninsula |
| Established | 1903 |
| Incorporated | June 1, 1912[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • Mayor | Sue McClure |
| • State senator | Gary Stevens (R) |
| • State rep. | Louise Stutes (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.89 sq mi (56.69 km2) |
| • Land | 13.96 sq mi (36.16 km2) |
| • Water | 7.93 sq mi (20.54 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 2,717 |
| • Density | 194.63/sq mi (75.15/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−9 (Alaska) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (Alaska) |
| ZIP code | 99664 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-68560 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1414598 |
| Website | www |
| Source of coordinates [3] | |
Seward (Alutiiq: Qutalleq; Dena'ina: Tl'ubugh) is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approximately 120 miles (190 km) by road from Alaska's largest city, Anchorage.
With a population of 2,717 people as of the 2020 census, [4] Seward is the fourth-largest city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, behind Kenai, Homer, and the borough seat of Soldotna. The city is named for former United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, who orchestrated the United States' purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 while serving in this position as part of President Andrew Johnson's administration.
Seward is the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad and the historic starting point of the original Iditarod Trail to Interior Alaska, with Mile 0 of the trail marked on the shoreline at the southern end of town.
- ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 138.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.