Killisnoo
A historical populated place in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
on E coast of Killisnoo I., 2 mi. S of Angoon; Alex. Arch.
GNIS historical note
former village established about 1881 when members of the Hutsnuwu tribe of Tlingit Indians were brought from the villages of Angoon and Nahltushkan to work in a fish rendering plant. The village was named for the island. 1890; 351 in 1910; 256 in 1920; and 3 in 1930. post office was established in 1882; discontinued in 1930 (Ricks, 1965, p. 33).
Also recorded as
- Kanas-nu
- Kanasnu
- Kenasnow
- Killishoo
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1423064. 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.
- Text Krause, Aurel and Arthur Krause To the Chukchi Peninsula and to the Tlingit Indians, 1881/1882. 1993-12-31 00:00:00
- 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.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.