City of Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
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- Seward
- City of Seward
- Incorporated City
- population 1,891 on Kenai Peninsula, at NW end of Resurrection Bay, Chugach Mts.
- Named for William Henry Seward, 1801-72, U.S. Secretary of State, 1861-69, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska. "The town was founded in 1902 by surveyors for The Alaska RR. (built 1915-23) as the ocean terminus of the RR. with an airfield and an ice-free harbor, it is an important supply center for the Alaska interior" (Bridgewater and Sherwood, 1950, p. 1799). A post office was established here in 1895, discontinued in 1896, but reestablished in 1903 (Ricks, 1965, p. 57). Its population was 534 in 1910; 652 in 1920; 835 in 1930; 949 in 1939; and 2,114 in 1950.
- 60.104166760° 06' 15.0"N-149.4422222149° 26' 32.0"W
- Lowell Point 2.2 mi. S
- Bear Creek 4.5 mi. N
- Woodrow 6.5 mi. N
- American Legion (Seward) 0.2 mi. N
- Jesse Lee Home 0.2 mi. N
- Seward City 1.7 mi. N
- Pioneers of Alaska 1.7 mi. N
- Oddfellows 1.7 mi. N
- Masonic 1.7 mi. N
- Seward City 1.7 mi. N
- Woodlawn 3.7 mi. N
- Woodlawn 3.7 mi. N
- 2,900
- 27 m
- 971366473
- Updated Apr 24, 2020