Editing Chistochina, Alaska

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|native_name            = Tsiis Tl’edze’ Caegge
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|leader_name              = [[Click Bishop]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
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'''Chistochina''' (''Tsiis Tl’edze’ Caegge''<ref>[http://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/map/names/ UAF: Alaska Native Place Names]</ref> in [[Ahtna language|Ahtna Athabascan]]) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Copper River Census Area, Alaska]], [[United States]]. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 60, down from 93 in 2010.<ref name="2020 Census Data">{{cite web | url = https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/2020-census-data.html | title = 2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places | format = Web | publisher = State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development | access-date = December 5, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chistochina is located at {{coord|62|34|40|N|144|40|11|W|type:city}} (62.577713, -144.669613).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Located between mile 31 and 37 on the Tok Cutoff Highway, Chistochina is a midway point between the Canada–US border and Anchorage, or midway between Tok and Glennallen.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|359.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|359.4|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}} of it (0.11%) is water.

==History==
[[File:Landing Fields - Alaska - Chistochina - NARA - 68158764 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|View of Chistochina, 1944]]
[[File:Landing Fields - Alaska - Chistochina - NARA - 68158762 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Chistochina Landing Field, 1942]]
Chistochina began as an Ahtna Athabascan fish camp and a stopover place for traders and trappers. The village access road later became part of the Valdez-Eagle Trail, constructed by miners during the gold rush to the Eagle area in 1897. Chistochina Lodge was built as a roadhouse for prospectors. Gold was mined along the upper Chistochina River and its runoff creeks. The area was settled by homesteaders, although it has remained the most traditional of all Ahtna Athabascan villages.

==Ahtna Athabascans==
Chistochina is the most traditional Ahtna village and is home to the Cheesh Na' Tribe. The Ahtna name for Mt. Sanford is Kelt'aeni.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 34
|1950= 31
|1960= 28
|1970= 33
|1980= 55
|1990= 60
|2000= 93
|2010= 93
|2020= 60
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
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Chistochina first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Chestochina." It was returned in 1950 and every successive census as Chistochina. It was made a census-designated area in 1980.

There were 37 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 121.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $24,107, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $41,250 versus $0 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $12,362. There were 29.6% of families and 28.6% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 18.2% of under eighteens and 27.3% of those over 64.

==Education==
The [[Copper River School District]] previously operated the Chistochina School.<ref name="AKEED035">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030314125836/http://www.eed.state.ak.us/forms/Assessment/05-03-035.pdf AKEED Form # 05-03-035 (Revised 03/15/06)], page 11/23, [[Alaska Department of Education]], retrieved February 13, 2017</ref>

==References==
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{{Copper River Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Ahtna]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Copper River Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska]]