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History · Hobart Bay

The history of Hobart Bay

Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1990.

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What stands out about Hobart Bay’s past

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The story so far

Hobart Bay, in brief

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Hobart Bay is a census-designated place that was located in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska during the 2010 United States census, but is now part of Petersburg Borough. As of the 2020 census, Hobart Bay had a population of 1. The bay was named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander Mansfield of the United States Navy. The site was first settled as a logging camp. The population has declined in recent years. Nevertheless, on January 3, 2013, Hobart Bay and a sizable portion of the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area around it were incorporated into the new Petersburg Borough, which has the city of Petersburg as its economic center and is composed primarily of land from the former Petersburg Census Area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1 in 2010, 1 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Hobart Bay, 1947 to 1956

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1947Post officeThe Entrance Island post office opens
  3. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1956Post officeThe Entrance Island post office closes
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On the map

Hobart Bay on the map, 1952 to 1961

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hobart Bay. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hobart Bay on the 1952 USGS mapHobart Bay on the 1961 USGS map1952Sumdum sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hobart Bay.

People over time

Hobart Bay, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 187

Between 1 and 187 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hobart Bay’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Entrance Island, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Entrance Island
Gone or out of use
Entrance Island Seaplane Baseairport

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.