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History · Moose Pass

Moose Pass’ post office opened in 1928

Most of Moose Pass was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1940.

1928first post office
0on the National Register
0.6%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Beeblebrox 06:31, 23 August 2009 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Moose Pass began

When was Moose Pass founded?

1928

The Moose Pass post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 84 in 19402020 census: 22898 years
Founding year: the first Moose Pass post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moose Pass’ 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 Moose Pass are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1960 and 1970, then grew 4-fold.
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Start Moose Pass’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moose Pass’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

Moose Pass, census by census

010020019401960198020002020136 in 1960Low: 53

Lost half of its people between 1960 and 1970, then grew 4-fold.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

The story so far

Moose Pass, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moose Pass yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Moose Pass is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Moose Pass had a population of 228.

Its first post office opened in 1928. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 219 to 228 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Moose Pass, 1928 to 2020

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1928Post officeThe Moose Pass post office opens
  3. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 21st century
  5. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 228
By decade

Moose Pass, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Moose Pass, Alaska ENBLA012019Moose Pass, Alaska ENBLA01RGML88682013RGML8868Moosepassak2009MoosepassakAKMap-doton-MoosePass2004AKMap-doton-MoosePass
On the map

Moose Pass on the map, 1951 to 1994

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

Moose Pass on the 1951 USGS mapMoose Pass on the 1983 USGS mapMoose Pass on the 1994 USGS map1951Seward B-7 sheet · 1:63,360

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Moose Pass

Nobody well known was born in Moose Pass itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chad BentzAmerican baseball player · b. 1980
Robert ErwinAmerican lawyer · b. 1934
Charles Passmore GrahamAmerican Army General · b. 1927
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Moose Pass’s post office has been open since 1928.

Gone or out of use
Tern Lake Picnic Arealocale

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Crown PointIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Moose Pass’ history

What year was Moose Pass founded?

The Moose Pass post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.