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Aleutian Islands County, Alaska

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—pop. 2020
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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 22 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 10 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Unalaska, Nikolski, Aleutian Islands.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alaska is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Aleutian Islands titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 22 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

22 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Station NHLAdak StationDistrict1987
Anangula Archeological District NHLNikolskiSite1978
Ananiuliak Island Archeological DistrictAnaniuliak IslandDistrict1972
Atka B-24D LiberatorAtkaStructure1979
Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu NHLAleutian IslandsSite1985
Cape Field at Fort Glenn (Umnak Island) NHLFort GlennDistrict1987
Chaluka Site NHLNikolskiSite1966
Church of the Holy Ascension NHLUnalaskaBuilding1970
Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, U.S. Army NHLUnalaskaDistrict1985
Holy Resurrection ChurchBelkofskiBuilding1980
Japanese Occupation Site, Kiska Island NHLAleutian IslandsSite1985
Port Moller Hot Springs Village SitePort MollerSite1979
S.S. NORTHWESTERN Shipwreck SiteUnalaskaStructure1994
Seal Island Historic District NHLPribilof IslandsDistrict1966
Sitka Spruce Plantation NHLUnalaskaSite1978
St. Alexander Nevsky ChapelAkutanBuilding1980
St. George the Great Martyr Orthodox ChurchSt. George IslandBuilding1980
St. John the Theologian ChurchPerryvilleBuilding1980
St. Nicholas ChapelSand PointBuilding1980
St. Nicholas ChurchNikolskiBuilding1980
Sts. Peter and Paul ChurchSt. Paul IslandBuilding1980
Temnac P-38G LightningAleutian IslandsStructure1979

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

Historical markers

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