Yakutat, Alaska
City and Borough of Yakutat
Yaakwdáat | |
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Home Rule Borough | |
Shore of Vitus Lake Cape Suckling Cabin at the Italo River in Tongass National Forest | |
Map of Alaska highlighting Yakutat City and Borough | |
| Coordinates: 59°32′49″N 139°43′38″W / 59.54694°N 139.72722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Incorporated | September 22, 1992 |
| Borough seat | Yakutat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cindy Bremner |
| Area | |
• Borough | 7,623 sq mi (19,744 km2) |
| • Urban (CDP) | 104.1 sq mi (269.6 km2) |
| • Land (CDP) | 100.5 sq mi (260.3 km2) |
| • Water (CDP) | 3.6 sq mi (9.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 112 ft (34 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Borough | 657 |
• Estimate (2023) | 687 |
| • Density | 6.6/sq mi (2.53/km2) |
| • Urban (CDP) | 657 |
| • Urban density | 6.3/sq mi (2.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC–9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP Code | 99689 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-99282 (borough) 02-86490 (CDP) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1415858, 1419986 |
| Sales tax | 5.0% |
| Website | yakutatak.us |
The City and Borough of Yakutat (/ˈjækətæt/, YAK-ə-tat; Tlingit: Yaakwdáat; Russian: Якутат) is a borough in the state of Alaska. Yakutat was also the name of a former city within the borough. The name in Tlingit is Yaakwdáat (meaning "the place where canoes rest"). It is derived from an Eyak name, diyaʼqudaʼt, and was influenced by the Tlingit word yaakw ("canoe, boat").
The borough covers an area about six times the size of the state of Rhode Island, making it one of the nation's largest counties or county equivalents. As of the 2020 census the population was 657. As of 2010, it was Alaska's least populous borough or census area, and the ninth-least populous county nationwide. The population declined from 680 in 2000.
The Borough of Yakutat was incorporated as a non-unified Home Rule Borough on September 22, 1992. Yakutat was previously a city in the Skagway–Yakutat–Angoon Census Area (later renamed the Skagway–Hoonah–Angoon Census Area).
The United States Census Bureau has defined the former City of Yakutat as a census-designated place within the borough. The borough's only other significant population center is the community of Icy Bay, the site of the Icy Bay Airport which is in the west-central part of the borough.