Kroto
A historical populated place in Matanuska-Susitna 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
site of an Indian village, at junction of Kroto Creek and Susitna River, 36 mi. NW of Anchorage, Cook In. Low.
GNIS historical note
Name of a former Tanaina Indian village; reported by Eldridge and Muldrow (1900, map 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Also recorded as
- Dashq'e
- Tishku
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1895235. 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 Kari, James and James Fall Shem Pete’s Alaska : The Territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena’ina 2003-12-31 00:00:00 2nd
- 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.