Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak Sun'aq
City
View of Kodiak from Pillar Mountain. At center, from top to bottom: the Near Island Bridge, downtown and the small boat harbor.
Motto:  "Alaska's Emerald Isle"
Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 57°47′35″N 152°23′39″W / 57.79306°N 152.39417°W / 57.79306; -152.39417[1]
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kodiak Island
Incorporated	September 11, 1940[2]
Area [3]
• Total	5.50 sq mi (14.23 km2)
• Land	3.92 sq mi (10.16 km2)
• Water	1.57 sq mi (4.07 km2)
Elevation	49 ft (15 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	5,581
• Density	1,422.27/sq mi (549.11/km2)
Time zone	UTC-9 (AKST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code	99615, 99619, 99697
Area code	907
FIPS code	02-40950
GNIS feature ID	1404875
Website	www.city.kodiak.ak.us

Kodiak is a city in Alaska. It is one of seven towns on Kodiak Island.

The Alutiiq people were the first to live on the island. In the 18th century the town became the capital of Russian Alaska. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867. Kodiak became a center for commercial fishing

1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
2. ↑ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 84.
3. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
4. ↑ "Kodiak city, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.