Afognak, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States
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- Afognak
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- At the S end of Afognak Island 2.5 mi SE of Litnik Mountain, Kodiak Islands.
- The village of this name was destroyed by the March 27, 1964, earthquake; the residents were moved to Kodiak Island and were set up in a new village named Port Lions. The name derives from Afognak Island; reported in the 11th Census of 1890 (1893, p. 73-74) as "Afognak Village (Adognak)" consisting of a series of settlements extending in a row of dwellings, somewhat widely scattered, about three-fourths of a mile along the long, curving beach. In the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the name Rutkovsky village was applied by pensioned employees of the Russian American Company.
- 58.022123658° 01' 19.6"N-152.7652264152° 45' 54.8"W
- Aleut Village 0.3 mi. S
- Aleneva 5.9 mi. NW
- Port Wakefield 10.7 mi. W
- Port Lions 11.5 mi. S
- Ouzinkie 11.8 mi. SE
- (none listed within 15 mi.)
- 0 m
- 159094456
- Updated Apr 19, 2020