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Cordova is a small city located near the mouth of the Copper River in Alaska, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound. The Copper River or Atna River is a river, approximately 300 mi (480 km) long, in southeast Alaska in the United States. ...
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Orca Inlet is an arm of Prince William Sound in southern Alaska, at 60°3221 North, 145°428 West (60. ...
Prince William Sound, on the south coast of Alaska. ...
Geography Cordova is located within the Chugach National Forest at 60° 32′ 21″ N, 145° 42′ 8″ W (60.539206, -145.702230)1. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links AKMap-doton-Cordova. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 195.9 km² (75.6 mi²). 158.9 km² (61.4 mi²) of it is land and 37.0 km² (14.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 18.87% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Demographics Based on the 2000 census2 for the Valdez-Cordova area, the city has 2,454 people, organized into 958 households and 597 families. Like a number of locations in the state, the city is predominately male: for every 100 females there are 119½ males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 120.4 males. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...
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Valdez-Cordova Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska. ...
The population density is 15.4/km² (40.0/mi²). There are 1,099 housing units at an average density of 6.9/km² (17.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 71.11% White, 10.35% Native American, 10.07% Asian, 0.41% Black or African American, 1.34% from other races, and 6.72% from two or more races. 3.06% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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There are 958 households out of which 36.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% are married couples living together, 8.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% are non-families. 30.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.48 and the average family size is 3.17. Jump to: navigation, search Marriage is a legal, social, and religious relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years.
The median income for a household in the city is $50,114, and the median income for a family is $65,625. Males have a median income of $40,444 versus $26,985 for females. The per capita income for the city is $25,256. 7.5% of the population and 4.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 8.2% of those under the age of 18 and 6.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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History The area around Cordova was historically home to the Alutiiq, with a population of Eyak to the east, and occasional visits from Ahtna and Tlingit people for trade or battle. Orca Inlet was named "Puerto Córdova", after the city of Cordoba, Spain, by Don Salvador Fidalgo in 1790. The Alutiiq (plural: Alutiit), also called Pacific Yupik or Sugpiaq, are a southern, coastal branch of Alaskan Yupik. ...
Eyak is a Na-Dené language that was historically spoken in southern Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper River. ...
The Ahtna or Ahtena (trans. ...
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The town now called Cordova was founded by prospectors in 1884.
One of the first oil fields in Alaska was discovered in 1902 at Katalla, 76 km (47 miles) southeast of Cordova. Cordova was named in 1906 by Michael Heney, builder of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, after the inlet. Cordova became the railroad terminus and port for copper ore from the mines at Kennicott up the Copper River, after it was determined that Katalla was a poor harbor. The first trainload of ore was loaded onto the steamship Northwestern, and taken to a smelter in Tacoma, Washington, in April 1911. The copper mines operated until 1938 and yielded over $200 million in copper, silver and gold. The Katalla oil field produced until 1933, when it was destroyed by fire. Katalla, Alaska (pronounced KA-dul-lah) is an abandoned town in southern Alaska, 76 km (47 miles) southeast of Cordova. ...
The Copper River and Northwestern Railway was a railroad built by the Kennecott Corporation between 1907 and 1911 to take copper ore from Kennicott, Alaska to Cordova, Alaska, a distance of 315 km (196 miles). ...
Kennicott, Alaska is an abandoned town that was the center of activity for several copper mines. ...
The Copper River or Atna River is a river, approximately 300 mi (480 km) long, in southeast Alaska in the United States. ...
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The economy of Cordova now relies on fishing and canning (particularly of chinook and sockeye salmon), as well as small amounts of tourism. Cordova has a large fishing fleet that operates in Prince William Sound as well as several fish processing plants. Jump to: navigation, search Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ...
Canning is a method of preserving food by first heating it to a temperature that destroys contaminating micro-organisms, and then sealing it in air-tight jars or cans. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ...
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Cordova is accessible by plane or boat. It is linked directly to the Pacific Ocean shipping lanes through the Gulf of Alaska. It receives barge service, and Alaska Marine Highway service all year long. The Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are to be found. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) is a ferry service that is operated by the government of the state of Alaska in the United States. ...
See also Jump to: navigation, search Valdez is a city located in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska. ...
The Million Dollar Bridge, more formally known as the Miles Glacier Bridge, was built in the early 1900s fifty miles from Cordova, Alaska. ...
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