Alaska Borough Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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See an interactive outline map of Alaska Historical Counties at Newberry Library site[1] (Free) Enter a year, Refresh Map, select zoom in, then click on the map to enlarge it. |
| Tip: Sort the table by Date Formed or by Parent Counties and check Boundary Changes for interesting insights. |
| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Aleutians East | 1987 Oct 23 | Details | Aleutian Islands Census Area | |
| Aleutians West Census Area | 1987 Oct 23 | Details | Aleutian Islands Census Area | |
| Anchorage | 1964 Jan 01 | Details | ||
| Bethel Census Area | Details | |||
| Bristol Bay | 1962 | Details | ||
| Denali | 1990 Dec 07 | Details | Yukon-Koyukuk and Southeast Fairbanks Census Areas | |
| Fairbanks North Star | 1964 Jan 1 | Details | ||
| Haines | 1968 Aug 29 | Details | Annexed 420 miles to the south and merged with Fort Chilkoot | |
| Juneau | 1970 | Details | ||
| Kenai Peninsula | 1964 Jan 1 | Details | ||
| Ketchikan Gateway | 1963 | Details | ||
| Kodiak Island | 1963 | Details | ||
| Kobuk Census Area | absorbed into the Northwest Arctic Borough 2 June 1986 | |||
| Lake and Peninsula | 1989 Apr 24 | Details | Dillingham Census Area | |
| Matanuska-Susitna | 1964 Jan 1 | Details | ||
| Nome Census Area | ||||
| North Slope | 1972 | Details | ||
| Northwest Arctic | 1972 | Details | Kobuk Census Area and North Slope Borough | |
| Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area | ||||
| Sitka | 1971 | Details | ||
| Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | remainder of former Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon C.A. | |||
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | ||||
| Valdez-Cordova Census Area | ||||
| Wade Hampton Census Area | ||||
| Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area | ||||
| Yakutat | 1992 Sep 22 | Details | Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area | |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Alaska/viewer.htm Alaska Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.