Niblack
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
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
at head of Niblack Anchorage, on SE coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch.
GNIS historical note
The Niblack post office was established at this former mining camp in 1901 but was transferred in 1909 to Ketchikan (Ricks, 1965, p. 45). This site is shown as an abandoned mine on a 1957 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map.
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1423929. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
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- 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.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.