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Chenega

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

A historical populated place in Chugach County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Chenega
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Chugach County
USGS Map
Seward B-3 SW
Coordinates
60.2798230, -148.0766910
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GNIS Feature ID
1421001

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

On Kenai Peninsula, on S tip of Chenega Island, at head of Chenega Cove, 42 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mountains.

GNIS historical note

Name of an Indian village reported by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 census (1884, p.28). A post office was established here in 1946 (Ricks, 1965, p.10) but was discontinued when the village was destroyed by the 1964 Alaska earthquake and abandoned. In subsequent years, the community relocated to Crab Bay on Evans Island; the community of Crab Bay was renamed to Chenega Bay by the BGN in 1998.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1421001. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library.
  • Text U.S. Census Bureau Census County/Townships, Census Designated Places (CDP) and incorporated cities 2010-12-14 00:00:00 Census County/Townships, CDP's and incorporated cities - Bureau of Census, Geography Division, coordinates are located at the centroid. If known, the year the data were compiled follows:
  • Website Alaska Native Language Archive www.uaf.edu/anla 2011-12-31 00:00:00

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.