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Haines Borough, Alaska

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

7historic places

—earliest paper

1970formed

2,080pop. 2020

1cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Haines.

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 Haines titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anway, Charlie, Cabin	Haines	Building	2001
Eldred Rock Lighthouse	Haines	Structure	1975
Fort William H. Seward NHL	Haines	District	1972
Fort William H. Seward NHL	Haines	District
Government Indian School	Haines	Building	1980
Pleasant Camp	Haines	Building	1973
Porcupine District	Haines	District	1976

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Haines was formed in 1970 (1970-04-01) from unknown / original county.

1970 census. Haines Census Division served as a census area. Haines was incorporated as a third class borough 29 August 1968.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Haines Borough population from 1970 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1970	1980	2000	2020
1,504	1,680	2,392	2,080

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Park unit	56.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

1 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 1 of 1 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Haines Cemetery	59.23177	-135.44311

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Chilkoot	59.33306	-135.55333
Gantegastaki	59.25	-135.52083
Kalwatta	59.37083	-135.83333
Katkwaahltu	59.28412	-135.67446

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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