Chisana, Alaska
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Chisana (also Shushanna) (Tsetsaan' Na in Ahtna) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 Census,<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> the population of the CDP was 0. The English name Chisana derives from the Ahtna Athabascan name Tsetsaan' Na, meaning literally 'copper river' (not to be confused with the river known in English as the Copper River). The Chisana River joins the Nabesna River just north of Northway Junction, Alaska, to form the Tanana River, a major tributary of the Yukon River.<ref name="DeLorme">Template:Cite book</ref> The Chisana Airport consists of a turf and gravel runway which is largely serviced by flights from Tok, Alaska.
In 1985, the community was listed as Chisana Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.<ref name=NRHP1>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1998 the Chisana Historic Mining Landscape historic district, comprising the community and a wide Template:Convert area located partly in Copper River Census Area and partly in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=NRHP2>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert of it is land and Template:Convert of it is water. The total area is 0.10% water.
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Chisana has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Chisana was Template:Convert on June 19–20, 2004, while the coldest temperature recorded was Template:Convert on January 7, 2013.<ref name=NOWData />
Demographics
[edit]Template:US Census population Chisana first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community. It appeared twice more in 1930 and 1940. It would not appear again until 2000, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP). However, in both 2000 and 2010, it reported no residents.
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Copper River Census Area, Alaska
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska
References
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- Census-designated places in Alaska
- Census-designated places in Copper River Census Area, Alaska
- Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska
- Ghost towns in Alaska
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
- Mining communities in Alaska
- National Register of Historic Places in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve