Chisana, Alaska


Chisana is a ghost town abandoned and a census-designated place in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the CDP was 0. The English name Chisana derives from the Ahtna Athabascan name Tsetsaan' Na, meaning literally 'copper river'. The Chisana River joins the Nabesna River just north of Northway Junction, Alaska, to form the Tanana River, a major tributary of the Yukon River. The Chisana Airport consists of a turf and gravel runway which is largely serviced by flights from Tok, Alaska.
In 1985, the community was listed as Chisana Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.
In 1998 the Chisana Historic Mining Landscape historic district, comprising the community and a wide area located partly in Valdez-Cordova Census Area and partly in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, of which of it is land and of it is water. The total area is 0.10% water.

Demographics

Chisana first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community. It appeared twice more in 1930 and 1940. It would not appear again until 2000, when it was made a census-designated place. However, in both 2000 and 2010, it reported no residents.