Bristol Bay Borough

Also known as Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska

borough in Alaska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alaska
Incorporated: October 2, 1962
Named after: Bristol Bay
Seat: Naknek
Largest community: Naknek
Mayor: David R. Lax
Total: 888 sq mi (2,300 km )
Land: 504 sq mi (1,310 km )
Water: 384 sq mi (990 km ) 43.2%
Density: 1.67/sq mi (0.647/km )
Time zone: UTC−9 ( Alaska )
Summer dst: UTC−8 ( ADT )

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Bristol Bay Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska on Bristol Bay. As of the 2020 census the borough population was 844, down from 997 in 2010, the second-least populated borough in Alaska. The borough seat is Naknek. There are no incorporated settlements.

Bristol Bay was officially incorporated in 1962 and became the state's first borough. It is also among the smallest, consisting of little more than the rectangle of land around Naknek on the coast and King Salmon (which, uniquely, serves as the borough seat for the neighboring Lake and Peninsula Borough) inland.