Klukwan (

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(CDP) in

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. It is technically in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, though it is an

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. At the 2010 census the population was 95, down from 139 at the 2000 census.

History

Klukwan began as a Chilkat

Tlingit The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ),

village along the trade route later known as the

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. In 1880, the U. S. Navy reported the name of the village as "Chilcat of Klukquan". The name is ''Tlakw Áan'' in Tlingit, meaning roughly "forever village" due to its antiquity. Klukwan is the only remaining of five Chilkat villages that were in the area before 1900.

Geography

Klukwan is located at (59.400098, -135.893393). It is northwest of

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, on the north side of the

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near the

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. It is bordered to the west by the Covenant Life CDP. According to the

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, the Klukwan CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 26.55%, are water. Klukwan is an

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. Although Klukwan is located in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the

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, it is entirely surrounded by territory of Haines Borough, and therefore cut off from the rest of the Census Area.

Demographics

Klukwan first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as "Kluckquan", an unincorporated Tlingit village. With 565 residents, it was recorded as the 5th largest community in Alaska.http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-17.pdf In 1890, it reported as "Klakwan." It next appeared in 1910 under its present spelling of Klukwan. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) as of the 1980 census. As of the census of 2000, there were 139 people, 44 households, and 31 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 85 housing units at an average density of 68.4/sq mi (26.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 10.07%

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, 88.49%

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, 0.72% Asian, and 0.72% from two or more races. 3.60% of the population were

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of any race. There were 44 households, out of which 54.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 15.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.16 and the average family size was 3.75. In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 33.1% under the age of 18, 13.7% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $30,714, and the median income for a family was $31,563. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $26,250 for females. The

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for the CDP was $11,612. There were none of the families and 1.5% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

References

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