Juneau
Juneau · USGS GNIS name record 1404263
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These Census tracts have reference points near Juneau. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 6 ↗
Juneau City and Borough · AK
- Population
- 6,224
- Median home value
- $470,600
Census tract 4 ↗
Juneau City and Borough · AK
- Population
- 4,576
- Median home value
- $273,000
Census tract 3 ↗
Juneau City and Borough · AK
- Population
- 5,437
- Median home value
- $387,500
Census tract 2 ↗
Juneau City and Borough · AK
- Population
- 7,298
- Median home value
- $456,100
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Juneau ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 02/11/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Capital of State of Alaska, on Gastineau Channel.
Former incorporated City of Douglas merged with Juneau in July 1970. The capitol of Alaska since 1900, originated in 1880 as a mining camp called "Harrisburg," nemed for Richard H. Harris, 1833-1907, who with Joseph Juneau discovered gold near here on Gold Greek and staked the beach as a town site. The mining camp also was called Rockwell by the U.S. Navy in 1881 for Commander Charles Henry Rockwell, 1840-1908, U.S. Navy (USN), who was sent with a detachment of men to the camp to maintain order. Because of the confusion of names, the miners met in 1881 and officially named the town for Joseph Juneau, 1826-99 (DeArmond, 1957, p. 23028). The population of Juneau was 1,644 in 1910; 3,058 in 1920; 4,023 in 1930; 5,729 in 1939; and 5,956 in 1950. The Juneau post office was established in 1882 (Ricks, 1965, p. 30).
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