Sitka, Alaska

Sitka, Alaska
Sitka, Alaska
City and Borough
	Downtown Sitka in 1984
	Coordinates: 57°03′12″N 135°20′05″W / 57.05333°N 135.33472°W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Colonized	1799, 1804
Incorporated	November 5, 1913 (city); September 24, 1963; (borough); December 2, 1971; (unified municipality)
Named for	Tlingit for “People on the outside of Shee”
Area
• City and Borough	4,815.14 sq mi (12,471.16 km2)
• Land	2,870.06 sq mi (7,433.42 km2)
• Water	1,945.09 sq mi (5,037.75 km2)
• Urban	2 sq mi (5 km2)
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Population (2020)
• City and Borough	8,458
• Density	2.95/sq mi (1.14/km2)
• Urban	7,668
Time zone	UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
Area code	907
FIPS code	02-70540
GNIS feature ID	1414736
Website	www.cityofsitka.com

Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a city in Alaska, originally founded as New Archangel (Russian: Ново-Архангельск / Новоaрхангельск, romanized: Novo-Arkhangelsk / Novoarkhangelsk) by the Russian Rule between 1799 and 1867, and was the capital of Russian America.

↑ From November 1867 to February 1873, the earliest American settlers in Sitka established and conducted affairs under a "provisional city government", as Alaskan communities were prohibited from legally incorporating until the U.S. Congress passed legislation allowing them to do so in 1900. Mayors of Sitka under this government included William Sumner Dodge and John Henry Kinkead. See Atwood, Evangeline; DeArmond, Robert N. (1977). Who's Who in Alaskan Politics. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort for the Alaska Historical Commission. p. 24.; Wheeler, Keith (1977). "Learning to cope with 'Seward's Icebox'". The Alaskans. Alexandria, Virginia: Time–Life Books. pp. 57–64. ISBN 0-8094-1506-2.
↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
↑ "QuickFacts: Sitka city and borough, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

[1] From November 1867 to February 1873, the earliest American settlers in Sitka established and conducted affairs under a "provisional city government", as Alaskan communities were prohibited from legally incorporating until the U.S. Congress passed legislation allowing them to do so in 1900. Mayors of Sitka under this government included William Sumner Dodge and John Henry Kinkead. See Atwood, Evangeline; DeArmond, Robert N. (1977). Who's Who in Alaskan Politics. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort for the Alaska Historical Commission. p. 24.; Wheeler, Keith (1977). "Learning to cope with 'Seward's Icebox'". The Alaskans. Alexandria, Virginia: Time–Life Books. pp. 57–64. ISBN 0-8094-1506-2.

[CenPopGazetteer2020-2] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

[2020QF-3] "QuickFacts: Sitka city and borough, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

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Sitka, Alaska

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