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| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Wrangell-Petersburg |
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| - Total | 70. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The US state of Alaska is not divided into counties, as are 48 other states but it is divided into boroughs ( Louisiana is divided into parishes Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area is a Census area located in the U Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 8 sq mi (183. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 5 km²) |
| - Land | 45. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 3 sq mi (117. 3 km²) |
| - Water | 25. 6 sq mi (66. 2 km²) |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 2,308 |
| - Density | 51. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 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 |
Wrangell is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, United States. The Alaska Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-9) The UTC−9 time zone is used in French Polynesia Gambier Islands United States (AKST— Alaska Standard Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Universal Coordinated Time by 8 hours A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 907 covers the entire state of Alaska, except for the small southeastern Alaska community of Hyder Alaska, which uses the 250 Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout Totem poles are monumental Sculptures carved from great Trees usually cedar but mostly Western Redcedar, by a number of Indigenous cultures along Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area is a Census area located in the U Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The United States of America —commonly referred to as the At the 2000 census the population was 2,308. Its Tlingit name is Khaachxhaana. The Tlingit language (ˈklɪŋkɪt in English Lingít ɬɪŋkɪ́t in Tlingit is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western 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. Stikine River (sti-KEEN is a river historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 335 mi (539 km long in northwestern British Columbia in
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History
Wrangell is one of the oldest non-Native settlements in Alaska. Alaska Natives are Indigenous peoples of the Americas native to the state of Alaska within the United States. In 1811, the Russians began fur trading with area Tlingit at the site of present-day Wrangell. Not to be confused with the Turkic Telengit people The Tlingit (ˈklɪŋkɪt in English also /-gɪt/ or Tlinkit /ˈtlɪŋkɪt/ which In 1834, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel, then head of Russian government interests in Russian America, ordered a stockade built near the Tlingit Naanyaa. Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; December 29, 1796 ( January Russian colonization of the Americas proceeded in several places Not to be confused with the Turkic Telengit people The Tlingit (ˈklɪŋkɪt in English also /-gɪt/ or Tlinkit /ˈtlɪŋkɪt/ which aayi clan house of Chief Shakes that was located about 13 miles (21 km) north of the large Tlingit village of Kotzlitzna. The Lineages of the Shakes The orphan Gush X’een (Dorsal Fin Screen lived at Ch’aal’in A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand 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.
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. Stikine River (sti-KEEN is a river historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 335 mi (539 km long in northwestern British Columbia in However, two epidemics of smallpox in 1836 and 1840 reduced the Tlingit population in the area by half and silenced most of the protest.
The fort was abandoned in 1849 after the area sea otter and beaver stocks were depleted. The sea otter ( Enhydra lutris) is a Marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. The American Beaver ( Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic Rodent native to Canada, much of the United States, and parts of northern It remained under British rule until Alaska's purchase by the United States in 1867. The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest
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, 1874–77, and 1897. As in Skagway, many gambling halls, dance halls, and bars were built. Skagway (ˈskægweɪ is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. Thousands of miners traveled up the Stikine River into the Cassiar District of British Columbia during 1874, and again to the Klondike in 1897. Stikine River (sti-KEEN is a river historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 335 mi (539 km long in northwestern British Columbia in Cassiar is a Ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. It was a small company-owned asbestos mining town located in the Cassiar Mountains British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C The Klondike or Clondike 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 being 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. For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. Stikine River (sti-KEEN is a river historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 335 mi (539 km long in northwestern British Columbia in Zimovia Strait is a narrow Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in the U 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. Stikine River (sti-KEEN is a river historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 335 mi (539 km long in northwestern British Columbia in 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 occupation of many residents.
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 from Wrangell to Sulzer. During this period, he traveled throughout southeast Alaska 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 Bear Totem Store.
Logging, fishing and tourism are the current mainstays of the Wrangell area economy. One of the last two major sawmills 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. The Lineages of the Shakes The orphan Gush X’een (Dorsal Fin Screen lived at Ch’aal’in Until it was built, the Kiks. ádi had occupied the island since time immemorial. Today the Wrangell Cooperative Association, a Tlingit IRA, 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 public hearing regarding this proposal was to be held on November 3, 2007.
Geography
Wrangell is located at (56. 456383, -132. 377755)[1].
Wrangell is located on the northern tip of Wrangell Island, an island in the Alaska Panhandle. Wrangell Island is in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle of southeastern Alaska. The Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the U 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. Zimovia Strait is a narrow Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in the U Stikine River (sti-KEEN is a river historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 335 mi (539 km long in northwestern British Columbia in 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. Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; December 29, 1796 ( January The Russian-American Company ( Under His Imperial Majesty's Protection Russian-American Company)was a state-sponsored Trading company begun by Grigory and Natalia
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 183. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 5 square kilometers (70. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi). The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 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.
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 2,308 people, 907 households, and 623 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 51. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 0 people per square mile (19. 7/km²). There were 1,092 housing units at an average density of 24. 1/sq mi (9. 3/km²). 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.
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. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 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.
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. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 7. 3% of families and 9. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 0% of those under age 18 and 9. 3% of those age 65 or over.
Transportation
Being located on Wrangell island, Wrangell has two basics forms of transportation: ferry and airplane.
Ferry
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. Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS is a Ferry service operated by the government of the U Inside Passage of the Alaska Panhandle and coastal British Columbia is a coastal route for oceangoing vessels along a series of passages between the mainland and the The Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the U [3]
Wrangell is also a stop on the Summer Monday, Friday, & Saturday runs of the Inter-Island Ferry Authority's M/V Stikine in its round-trip run which originates in Coffman Cove on Prince of Wales Island, continues on to Wrangell, then Petersburg, and then Wrangell, before returning home to Coffman Cove. The Inter-Island Ferry Authority ( IFA) is a Ferry service in the U Coffman Cove is a city in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. For other islands named after the Prince of Wales see Prince of Wales Island. Petersburg is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. [4]
Airplane
Wrangell also receives scheduled commercial jet service from Alaska Airlines at the Wrangell Airport. Alaska Airlines, ( is an airline based in SeaTac, Washington, United States, near Seattle. Wrangell Airport is a public Airport located one mile (2 km) northeast of the Central business district (CBD of Wrangell, a city in the
References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
- ^ State of Alaska ferries (HTML). Alaska Marine Highway System. Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS is a Ferry service operated by the government of the U
- ^ Northern Route Schedule (HTML). Inter-Island Ferry Authority. The Inter-Island Ferry Authority ( IFA) is a Ferry service in the U
External links
- Wrangell, Alaska is at coordinates Coordinates:
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