Wrangell, Alaska
Wrangell City Dock
Location of Wrangell, Alaska
Coordinates: 56°27′23″N 132°22′40″W / 56.45639, -132.37778
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Wrangell-Petersburg
Area
- City	70.8 sq mi (183.5 km²)
- Land	45.3 sq mi (117.3 km²)
- Water	25.6 sq mi (66.2 km²)
Elevation	69 ft (21 m)
Population (2000)
- City	2,308
- Density	51.0/sq mi (19.7/km²)
Time zone	Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9)
- Summer (DST)	AKDT (UTC-8)
Area code(s)	907
FIPS code	02-86380
GNIS feature ID	1415843

Totem poles at the Shakes house

Wrangell is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308. Its Tlingit name is Khaachxhaana.áak'w, and the Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area call themselves the Khaachxhaana.áak'w Khwáan, or alternately the Shtax'héen Khwáan after the nearby Stikine River. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 794 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1632 × 1232 pixel, file size: 418 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) My own photograph (Sarah Hurst/BeringStrait) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links AKMap-doton-Wrangell. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Official language(s) None[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... Map of Alaska boroughs and census areas The U.S. state of Alaska does not have counties in the sense of counties in the rest of the country. ... Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... AKDT is UTC-8 The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-9). ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Area code 907 covers the entire state of Alaska. ... Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government for use by all (non-military) government agencies and by government contractors. ... GNIS (The Geographic Names Information System) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 452 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1232 × 1632 pixel, file size: 595 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) My own photograph (Sarah Hurst/BeringStrait) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 452 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1232 × 1632 pixel, file size: 595 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) My own photograph (Sarah Hurst/BeringStrait) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska. ... Official language(s) None[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... The Tlingit language (Eng. ... Location map of the Stikine River The Stikine River (sti-KEEN) is a river, approximately 335 mi (539 km) long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. ...

History

Wrangell is one of the oldest non-Native settlements in Alaska. In 1811, the Russians began fur trading with area Tlingit at the site of present-day Wrangell. In 1834, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel, then head of Russian government interests in Russian America, ordered a stockade built near the Tlingit Naanyaa.aayi clan house of Chief Shakes that was located about 13 miles (21 km) north of the large Tlingit village of Kotzlitzna. The stockade, named Redoubt Saint Dionysius, was on the location of present-day Wrangell. The British Hudson's Bay Company leased the fort in 1840 and named the stockade Fort Stikine. Alaska Natives are indigenous peoples who live in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. ... A Tlingit totem pole in Ketchikan ca. ... Wrangel, Ferdinand Petrovich (Врангель, Фердинанд Петрович in Russian) (12. ... After the discovery of northern Alaska by Ivan Fedorov in 1732, and the Aleutian Islands, southern Alaska, and north-western shores of North America in 1741 during the Russian exploration conducted by Vitus Bering and Aleksei Chirikov, it took fifty years until the founding of the first Russian colony in... A Tlingit totem pole in Ketchikan ca. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...

The Tlingits had used the Stikine River as a trade route to the interior since ancient times and they protested when the Hudson Bay Company began to use their trade routes. However, two epidemics of smallpox in 1836 and 1840 reduced the Tlingit population in the area by half and silenced most of the protest. Location map of the Stikine River The Stikine River (sti-KEEN) is a river, approximately 335 mi (539 km) long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. ...

The fort was abandoned in 1849 after the area sea otter and beaver stocks were depleted. It remained under British rule until Alaska's purchase by the United States in 1867. Binomial name Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) is a large otter native to the North Pacific, from northern Japan and Kamchatka west across the Aleutian Islands south to California. ... Binomial name Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 A taxidermied American Beaver The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, most of the United States and parts of northern Mexico. ... Check used to pay for Alaska The Alaska purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. ...

In 1868, a U. S. military post called Fort Wrangell was built at the site. The community around the post continued to grow through commerce with gold prospectors in the gold rushes of 1861, 1874–1877, and 1897. As in Skagway, many gambling halls, dance halls, and bars were built. Thousands of miners traveled up the Stikine River into the Cassiar District of British Columbia during 1874, and again to the Klondike in 1897. Broadway Avenue, Skagway, May 2007. ... Location map of the Stikine River The Stikine River (sti-KEEN) is a river, approximately 335 mi (539 km) long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. ... Cassiar is a ghost town in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour Without Sunset (diminishment)) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th - Total 944,735... Hunker Creek Valley, Klondike The Klondike is a region of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada, east of the Alaska border. ...

Having been under the jurisdiction of the Russians, the English, and the Americans, as well as having originally been Tlingit territory, Wrangell has the unique status of the only Alaskan city to have been governed under four "flags".

Fish traps were constructed in the late 1890s on the nearby mouth of the Stikine River and in the Zimovia Strait. These contributed to the growth of the fishing and fish canning industries in Wrangell, which provided much of the economic support for the town before the rise of logging in the 1950s. The fish traps caused severe damage to the Stikine River salmon runs, and had deleterious effects on salmon fishing in the region. All fish traps in Alaska were decommissioned by the new government after statehood, however the fishing industry remained strong and continues to be the primary profession of many residents. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fishing. ... Location map of the Stikine River The Stikine River (sti-KEEN) is a river, approximately 335 mi (539 km) long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. ... Zimovia Strait is narrow strait between Wrangell Island on its east and Woronofski and Etolin Islands on its west in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska. ... Location map of the Stikine River The Stikine River (sti-KEEN) is a river, approximately 335 mi (539 km) long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. ...

A severe fire in the early 1950s burned much of the downtown area.

The renowned Bear Totem Store, built in the 1920s by Walter Waters, housed innumerable examples of Tlingit arts and crafts, as well as a number of irreplaceable totem poles. Waters began his business career carrying mail by boat form Wrangell to Sulzer. During this period, he traveled throughout Southeast as a fur buyer. While on business travels, Waters began to acquire Indian artifacts and make valuable contacts with Indian artisans. These contacts eventually enabled him to open his curio shop, The Bare Totem Store.

Currently, logging, fishing and tourism are the mainstays of the Wrangell area economy. One of the last two major saw mills in Southeast Alaska, is operated by the Silver Bay Logging Company just south of the city proper.

The town has always been a major home to people of the Tlingit Kiks.ádi clan, and a 70 year old Chief Shakes tribal house still stands on the original location of the Shakes house, a small island now inside of the Wrangell harbor. Until it was built, the Kiks.ádi had occupied the island since time immemorial. Today the Wrangell Cooperative Association, a Tlingit village corporation, maintains the site as well as the Totem Park near the city center.

Wrangell is currently attempting to incorporate as a consolidated city-borough. The next public hearing regarding this proposal is to be held on November 3, 2007.

Geography

Wrangell is located at 56°27′23″N, 132°22′40″W (56.456383, -132.377755)^GR1.

Wrangell is located on the northern tip of Wrangell Island, an island in the Alaska Panhandle. It is 155 miles (250 km) south of the Alaskan capital of Juneau. It is across the narrow Zimovia Strait from the mouth of the Stikine River on the Alaska mainland. The town is named after the island, which was named after Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel, a Russian explorer and the administrator of the Russian-American Company from 1840 to 1849. This article is about the Alaskan island. ... The Alaska Panhandle is the coast of the American state of Alaska, just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... Bold text Location in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska Coordinates: , Country State Borough Juneau City and Borough Founded 1881 Incorporated 1890 Government  - Mayor Bruce Botelho Area  - City  3,255. ... Zimovia Strait is narrow strait between Wrangell Island on its east and Woronofski and Etolin Islands on its west in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska. ... Location map of the Stikine River The Stikine River (sti-KEEN) is a river, approximately 335 mi (539 km) long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. ... Wrangel, Ferdinand Petrovich (Врангель, Фердинанд Петрович in Russian) (12. ... The Russian-American Company was a semi-official colonial trading company started by Grigory Shelikhov and Nikolai Rezanov and chartered by tsar Paul I in 1799. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 183.5 square kilometers (70.8 sq mi). 117.3 km² (45.3 sq mi) of it is land and 66.2 km² (25.6 sq mi) of it (36.10%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Wrangell welcome sign

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Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,308 people, 907 households, and 623 families residing in the city. The population density was 19.7/km² (51.0/mi²). There were 1,092 housing units at an average density of 9.3/km² (24.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 73.48% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 15.51% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races, and 9.75% from two or more races. 1.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...

There were 907 households out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.05. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 106.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $43,250, and the median income for a family was $54,167. Males had a median income of $43,846 versus $29,205 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,851. About 7.3% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Transportation

Being located on an island, Wrangell has two basics forms of transportation: ferry and plane.

The Alaska Marine Highway serves Wrangell on its Inside Passage route with both northbound and southbound stops that occur regularly that link it to the rest of Southeast Alaska. Wrangell is also a stop on the daily run of the Inter-Island Ferry Authority's M/V Stikine in its run that originates in Coffman Cove on Prince of Wales Island, continues on to Wrangell, then Petersburg, and then returns making the same stops. 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. ... Part of the Inside Passage. ... The Alaska Panhandle is the coast of the American state of Alaska, just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... The Inter-Island Ferry Authority (IFA) is a ferry service in the U.S. State of Alaska with its headquarters based in Craig on Prince of Wales Island. ... The M/V Stikine is the second of two vessels in the Inter-Island Ferry Authority (IFA) fleet. ... Coffman Cove is a city located in Prince of Wales_Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska. ... Prince of Wales Island is the third largest island of the USA, after Hawai‘i and Kodiak Island. ... Petersburg is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. ...

Wrangell also receives jet service from Alaska Airlines at the Wrangell Airport. Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK), based in Seattle, Washington, USA, has grown from a small regional airline to one carrying more than 12 million customers per year. ... Wrangell Airport (IATA: WRG, ICAO: PAWG) is a public airport located just north of Wrangell, Alaska. ...

External links

Coordinates: 56.456383° N 132.377755° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...