Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Hoonah-Angoon
- Incorporated
- October 3, 1943
- Mayor
- Barry Bryant
- State senator
- Bert Stedman ( R )
- State rep
- Rebecca Himschoot ( I )
- Total
- 0.61 sq mi (1.59 km )
- Land
- 0.55 sq mi (1.42 km )
- Water
- 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km )
- Elevation
- 217 ft (66 m)
- Density
- 178.6/sq mi (68.96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-59650
- Website
- cityofpelican .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Pelican (Tlingit: K'udeis'x̱'e) is a small town in the northwestern part of Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Pelican was founded in 1938 by fish buyer Charlie Raatikainen who established the town as a business venture to support his fish processing company.
As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 88, down from 163 at the 2000 census. As of the newest 2020 census, Pelican has a total population of 98 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pelican” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.