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McCord

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

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

Location Record

Name
McCord
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Kodiak Island County
USGS Map
Kodiak A-4 NW
Coordinates
57.1394444, -153.2011111
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GNIS Feature ID
1406105

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 E shore of McCord Bay, at head of Port Hobron, on N coast of Sitkalidak I., SE of Kodiak I.

GNIS historical note

The McCord post office was established in 1929 and moved to Old Harbor in 1931.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1406105. 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.