|
Although Alaska wasn't made a
state until January 3, 1959, as a territory of the U.S., Alaska did get
enumerated... just not as early as most of you need. Where then, are you
supposed to look for your relatives? Hopefully, this page will give you
the answer; and, if not the answer, then at least a direction.
Yes, yes... I already know... most
of what you're about to view aren't censuses in the modern-day format that we're
accustomed to. Although called
'censuses' they are more like lists of inhabitants, and that is how I present
them to you. Past their names, the place and date, no other information
was provided. Still, clues can be gleaned from even a dated list of names.
Run your cursor over the place of
enumeration to access a particular page. Hopefully, we have a transcriber (or two, or
three) out there who would like to donate their time and efforts to getting some
of the censuses online here for everyone. If you have any censuses you'd like
to submit, please contact
me.
Dated notes are injected where
necessary in between census years. They should be used as guides to your next
census step. In advance, you might like to know that a red
Note: is not a good thing.
Links to an assortment of maps on
this site are provided to give you a visual image of at least some of the
boundary changes.
Not all pages have been completed yet.
Please keep an eye on the
What's New? page
to see additions. Emboldened words in the Location column are
hyperlinks to the desired pages.
|
Year |
At that time Alaska was in... |
Location & Any Notes |
Map |
|
1807 |
Russian America |
St. Paul
Island
List of
Inhabitants
St. George Island
List of Inhabitants |
|
|
1870 |
District of
Alaska |
1867 - Alaska purchased by the United States
Sitka and St. Paul Island |
|
|
1876 |
District of Alaska |
Fort Wrangel
List of Inhabitants |
|
|
1878 |
District of Alaska |
Aleutian Islands (villages of
Belkovsky, Nicholayevsk, and Protossoff which is also called Morzovog) |
|
|
1879/81 |
District of
Alaska |
Sitka |
|
|
1885 |
District of Alaska |
Cape Smyth, Point Barrow |
|
|
1890/95 |
District of Alaska |
Pribiloff Islands |
|
|
|
District of Alaska |
St. Paul and St. George
Islands in 1904, 1905, 1906/07, 1914, and 1917 (last 2 under Territory of
Alaska) |
|
|
1900 |
District of Alaska |
|
|
|
1910 |
District of
Alaska |
1912 -
Alaska gains territorial status (to 1959) |
|
|
1920 |
Territory of Alaska |
|
|
|
1930 |
Territory of Alaska |
|
|
Although Alaska was purchased in 1867, the U.S. government did not record an
1870 census for the newly acquired region. The U.S. censuses for 1880 and 1890
for accessible villages have not survived.
In the absence of Alaskan counties, the census takers
created enumeration areas for 1880 to 1900 and used judicial divisions for 1910.
The Act of 1912, which made Alaska a territory, prohibited the creation of
counties without the approval of Congress, therefore, no counties were ever
created.
The 1910 federal census was enumerated in four judicial
divisions.
|
