Wrangell Alaska Souvenirs

Wrangell is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,127, down from 2,369 in 2010. Incorporated as a U…
Wrangell is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,127, down from 2,369 in 2010. Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Borough on May 30, 2008, Wrangell was previously a city in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, which was afterwards renamed the Petersburg Census Area. Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw. The Tlingit people living in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine River. Alternately they use the autonym Shxʼát Ḵwáan, where the meaning of shxʼát is unknown.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Alaska
  • Founded: 1834
  • Incorporated: 1903 (as a city); May 30, 2008 (as a borough)
  • Elevation: 69 ft (21 m)
  • Area code: 907
  • English: 1839

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