Wrangell, Alaska
Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw | |
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View of the city in 2016 Stikine River delta Shakes Glacier in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness Fishing boat docked at harbor Post Office and Customs House Ferry M/V Stikine arriving | |
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  Wrangell, Alaska Location of Wrangell within Alaska  Wrangell, Alaska Wrangell, Alaska (North America) | |
| Coordinates: 56°23′06″N 132°05′11″W / 56.38500°N 132.08639°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alaska |
| Founded | 1834 |
| English | 1839 |
| American | 1867 |
| Incorporated | 1903 (as a city); May 30, 2008 (as a borough) |
| Named for | Ferdinand von Wrangel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Patricia Gilbert |
| Area | |
| • Unified Borough | 3,476.61 sq mi (9,004.37 km2) |
| • Land | 2,555.99 sq mi (6,620.00 km2) |
| • Water | 920.61 sq mi (2,384.38 km2) |
| • Urban | 71 sq mi (180 km2) |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Unified Borough | 2,070 |
| • Density | 0.83/sq mi (0.32/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (AKST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99929 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS codes | 02-275, 02-86380 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1415843, 2418874 |
| Website | wrangell |
Wrangell[2] (Tlingit: Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Russian: Врангель, romanized: Vrangel') is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,127,[3] down from 2,369 in 2010.[4]
Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Borough[2] on May 30, 2008, Wrangell was previously a city in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area,[2] which was afterwards renamed the Petersburg Census Area (the Petersburg Borough was formed from part of this census area). Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw ("Ḵaachx̱ans Little Lake" with áa-kʼw 'lake-diminutive'). The Tlingit people living in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine River. Alternately they use the autonym Shxʼát Ḵwáan, where the meaning of shxʼát is unknown.
The central (urban) part of Wrangell is located at 56°28′15″N 132°22′36″W / 56.47083°N 132.37667°W, in the northwest corner of Wrangell Island. The borough also encompasses the entire eastern half of the former Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, in addition to the area around Meyers Chuck, which was formerly in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area. It includes Thoms Place, a former census-designated place on Wrangell Island.[5]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
DCRAwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ "Map: Alaska Department of Labor" (PDF). Labor.alaska.gov. Retrieved June 25, 2022.