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Copper City

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

A historical populated place in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Copper City
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County
USGS Map
Craig A-2 NW
Coordinates
55.1355556, -132.6091667
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GNIS Feature ID
1421198

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

site of village, on SW coast of Prince of Wales I., 5.5 mi. N of Lime Point, on E shore of Hetta Inlet, Alex. Arch.

GNIS historical note

Local name reported in 1905 by E. F. Dickins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Current sources show this is an abandoned mining camp.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1421198. 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.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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