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Chitina, AK - History
We would like to provide the residents of Chitina a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Chitina Home page. The Chitina Home page provides as much information as possible on Chitina. Knowing Chitina’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Chitina’s Home page, you will also find Chitina’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Chitina has a population of 71. 57.7% of Chitina’s inhabitants are Male, and 42.3 are female. 5.2% of Chitina is married and 35.7% own their own home. Chitina’s Ethnic is the following: Native(39.4%), White(38%), Multiple(22.5%).
Chitina is located on the west bank of the Copper River at its confluence with the Chitina River on the Edgerton Highway, and junction with the McCarthy Road. It is 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Copper Center and 106 km (66 mi) southeast of Glennallen. It is outside the western boundary of the Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve. In 1945, work had begun to convert the CR&NW railroad line, from Cordova to Kennicott, into a highway, but work halted with the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, leaving a significant gap between Chitina and the Million Dollar Bridge near Cordova.
The rail route from Chitina to Kennicott is a roadway, the McCarthy Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 95.8 square miles (248 km2), of which, 84.6 square miles (219 km2) of it is land and 11.1 square miles (29 km2) of it (11.62%) is water.
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