Skagway
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Skagway is a consolidated city-borough located in Alaska that combines city and borough government into a single administration. It serves as a municipality in the United States with this unique combined governmental structure.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Incorporated city
- June 28, 1900
- Incorporated borough
- June 5, 2007
- Mayor
- Sam Bass
- State senator
- Jesse Kiehl ( D )
- State rep
- Sara Hannan (D)
- Borough
- 9.49 sq mi (24.59 km )
- Land
- 9.44 sq mi (24.46 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 33 ft (10 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 1,104
- Density
- 131/sq mi (50.7/km )
Article
The Municipality and Borough of Skagway (Tlingit: Shg̱agwei) is a borough and city in the U.S. state of Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from 968 in 2010. The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with the large number of summer tourists each year. Incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007, it was previously a city (urban Skagway located at 59°27′30″N 135°18′50″W / 59.45833°N 135.31389°W / 59.45833; -135.31389) in the Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area (now the Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska). The most populated community is the census-designated place of Skagway.
Rail car of the White Pass and Yukon Route in Skagway, Alaska