Loring, Alaska, Naha Bay Kax̱.àan | |
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.jpeg) S.S. Kayak, a steamship, entering the slip at a cannery dock in Loring, July 1904 | |
 Location in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska | |
| Coordinates:55°36′11″N131°38′13″W / 55.60306°N 131.63694°W /55.60306; -131.63694 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Ketchikan Gateway |
| Government | |
| • Boroughmayor | David Landis[1] |
| • State senator | Bert Stedman (R) |
| • State rep. | Dan Ortiz (I) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.63 sq mi (1.63 km2) |
| • Land | 0.55 sq mi (1.43 km2) |
| • Water | 0.077 sq mi (0.20 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0/sq mi (0/km2) |
| FIPS code | 02-45020 |
Loring (Lingít:Kax̱.àan) was established in 1885 with the first post office in theDistrict of Alaska and is acensus-designated place (CDP) inKetchikan Gateway Borough in the U.S. state ofAlaska. As of the2020 census, The population is 0, down from 4 at the2010 census,[3] although the number increases in summer months.
Located due north of downtownKetchikan onRevillagigedo Island, Loring was once Ketchikan's rival as the service center for the area's fishing and timber industries.
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Loring is located at55°36′11″N131°38′13″W / 55.60306°N 131.63694°W /55.60306; -131.63694, on the western shore ofRevillagigedo Island, approximately 15 miles (24 km) north ofKetchikan as the crow flies. It is located on the northern shore ofNaha Bay, an arm ofBehm Canal.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.6 km2), of which 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 12.27%, is water.[3]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1890 | 200 | — | |
| 1900 | 168 | −16.0% | |
| 2010 | 4 | — | |
| 2020 | 0 | −100.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
Loring first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as an unincorporated fishing village and cannery.[5] It consisted of 200 residents, of which a majority (120) were native (presumablyTlingit), 51 were Asian (Chinese), 27 were white, and 2 wereCreole (mixed native and Russian).[6] This population figure also included adjacent native fishing camps. It returned in 1900 with 168 residents, but the census did not provide a racial breakdown. Although the cannery and post office at Loring continued to operate until 1930 and 1936, respectively, it did not report on the census again from after 1900 until 110 years later, in 2010. It was made a census-designated place (CDP), with just 4 residents (2 of 2 or more races, 1 Native American & 1 White resident).[7]
Municipalities and communities ofKetchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska,United States | ||
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Hyder is anexclave of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and is located in thePrince of Wales–Hyder Census Area. | ||
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