Port Crawford

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · ALASKA

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

Location Record

Name: Port Crawford
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Alaska
County: Chugach County
USGS Map: Seward A-3 SE
Coordinates: 60.0675000, -147.8772222
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GNIS Feature ID: 1424570

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

on NW coast of Latouche I., 17 mi. SE of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

GNIS historical note

Former mining camp reported in 1943 by US@C&GS.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1424570. 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.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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