Sunrise
Kenai Peninsula · USGS GNIS name record 1415091
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These Census tracts have reference points near Sunrise. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 29 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 2,417
- Median home value
- $551,000
Census tract 28.23 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 4,667
- Median home value
- $718,900
Census tract 28.13 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 4,804
- Median home value
- $703,200
Census tract 28.22 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 4,308
- Median home value
- $600,700
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 Sunrise ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 01/13/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
on N end of Kenai Peninsula, at mouth of Sixmile Creek, 7 mi. SE of Hope and 52 mi. N of Seward, Chugach Mts.
Mining town founded about 1895 and called Sunrise City; reported in 1898 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (1899, map 6). A post office was established here in 1899 but was discontinued in 1918 (Ricks, 1965, p. 62). Present-day maps indicate Sunrise as a site with three or four buildings.
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
SHA-256 20c96936a3ba430b345eed1c7395b6aab52875aac8e1e2905fab37b388cab381
SHA-256 45ad8d56b3bb4990ad8105cdda15ee7d2f07afd6941afe75b783f29b02723697
SHA-256 919fac887628b8547ec1b24fae319522a9481a56909c3914d1e0a2b56783147c