Editing Cube Cove, Alaska

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Alaska, United States}}
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| official_name            = Cube Cove, Alaska
| settlement_type          = Former [[Census-designated place]] (CDP)
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska|Hoonah-Angoon]]
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| leader_name              = [[Bert Stedman]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
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| leader_name1             = [[Rebecca Himschoot]] ([[Independent politician|I]])
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| population_as_of         = [[2000 United States Census|2000]]
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| area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
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'''Cube Cove''' was an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] on the northwestern side of [[Admiralty Island]] in the [[Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska|Hoonah-Angoon Census Area]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. The population was 72 at the [[2000 United States Census]],<ref name="2000 Census">{{cite web
|url=https://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places2k.txt 
|title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places (2000) 
|format=[[Text file|TXT]] 
|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] 
|access-date=January 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024071901/http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places2k.txt 
|archive-date=October 24, 2006 }}</ref> but it was not included in the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/2010_place_list_02.txt
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912025527/https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/2010_place_list_02.txt |archive-date=September 12, 2013
|title = 2010 Census Gazetteer Files: Places (2010): Alaska
|format = [[Text file|TXT]]
|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]
|access-date = January 25, 2013
}}</ref>

==Geography==
What was Cube Cove was located at {{coord|57.936644|-134.720189|type:city_region:US-AK|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="2000 Census"/> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP had a total area of {{convert|11.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|11.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, or 2.48%, is water.<ref name="2000 Census"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 156
|2000= 72
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Cube Cove first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP) and again in 2000. With the discontinuation of the [[logging camp]] and departure of its resident workers, it was dissolved as a CDP in 2010.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 72 people, 25 households, and 23 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|6.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 37 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.61% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 1.39% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]]. Cube Cove was a temporary timber camp, which is now deserted.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

Of the 25 households, 48.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 84.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, and 8.0% were non-families. 8.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 2.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,875, and the median income for a family was $72,708. Males had a median income of $88,756 versus $38,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $27,920. There were no families and none of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

The State of Alaska communities database reports that the logging camp that was Cube Cove has zero population.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRAExternal/community/Details/98d81ced-7a75-4f3e-b7b4-1c2cc3e96457 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231055213/https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRAExternal/community/Details/98d81ced-7a75-4f3e-b7b4-1c2cc3e96457 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education==
Cube Cove School, operated by the [[Chatham School District]], closed in or before 2002.<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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==External links==
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.chathamsd.org/Cube%20Cove/index.htm|title=Cube Cove School}}
{{Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Former census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Alaska]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Unorganized Borough, Alaska]]