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History · Kupreanof

Kupreanof was first counted by the census in 1930, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1992 on and the census since 1930.

1930first census
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36%homes built before 1940
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How Kupreanof began

When was Kupreanof founded?

1930

Kupreanof first appears in the census in 1930.

First census: 45 in 19302020 census: 2196 years
Founding year: the first census.The full story ↓

What stands out about Kupreanof’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Kupreanof are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 60 in 1950; 21 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kupreanof’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Kupreanof, census by census

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Peaked at 60 in 1950; 21 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

The story

How Kupreanof came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kupreanof.

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Among the incorporators of Kupreanof was former Petersburg Grade School Principal Harold Bergman. Kupreanof was once called West Petersburg and was a thriving community of fur farms and commercial fishermen in the early- to mid-20th century. Gradually most residents moved over to the larger, more metropolitan city of Petersburg.

Kupreanof remained a separate municipality when the Petersburg Borough incorporated, unlike the neighboring city of Petersburg. However, Kupreanof now lies inside the Petersburg Borough, whereas before, it was a home-rule city inside the unorganized Petersburg Census Area.

Robert "Bobby" Dolan was mayor of Kupreanof for over 40 years.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Kupreanof on the map in 1992

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kupreanof.

Kupreanof on the 1992 USGS map1992Petersburg D-3 SW sheet · 1:25,000

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Kupreanof’s history

What year was Kupreanof founded?

The Kupreanof post office opened in 1930, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.