Katkwaahltu (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Katkwaahltu (historical) places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Katkwaahltu (historical) |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Populated Place |
Class: | Populated Place |
Description: | "on Chilkat River, 6 mi. above its mouth," St. Elias Mts. |
History: | Former Tlingit Indian town listed as "Kutkwutlu" with a population of 125 in the 1880 Census by Ivan Petroff; reported in 1904 as "qatq!wa'altu'," meaning "town on the point of a hill," by wj. R. Swanton, Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE). |
Borough: | Haines Borough |
Latitude: | 59.284122467 |
Longitude: | -135.674453735 |
GNIS ID: | 1895066 |
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