Thane
Juneau · USGS GNIS name record 1410784
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These Census tracts have reference points near Thane. 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 Thane ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
On the E shore of Gastineau Channel, 4 mi. SE of Juneau and 6 mi. NW of Point Salisbury, Coast Mts.
Named in 1914 for Bartlett L. Thane, 1878-1927, general manager of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Co. which had its mill here. Bartlett Thane was born in California and went to Alaska in 1897. The name "Sheep Creek," which was the original miners' name for the town, was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1901 Coast Pilot but was later changed to "Thane" by Board on Geographic Names (BGN). The town was founded in 1881 as a result of mining operations in the vicinity. Since World War II the population has steadily declined with the curtailment of mining activities. It is now a residential area (DeArmond, 1957, p43-44).
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