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History · Pilot Point

Pilot Point’s post office opened in 1934

Most of Pilot Point was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1940.

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How Pilot Point began

When was Pilot Point founded?

1934

The Pilot Point post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1992.

First census: 114 in 19402020 census: 7092 years
Founding year: the first Pilot Point post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1992.

What stands out about Pilot Point’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 Pilot Point are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Pilot Point, in brief

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

Pilot Point (Alutiiq: Agisaq) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, on the Alaska Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 70, up from 68 in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1934. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 68 to 70 (+3%).

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

By decade

Pilot Point, decade by decade

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On the map

Pilot Point on the map in 1951

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pilot Point.

Pilot Point on the 1951 USGS map1951Ugashik C-5 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 Pilot Point.

People over time

Pilot Point, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 114

Between 53 and 114 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Questions about Pilot Point’s history

What year was Pilot Point founded?

The Pilot Point post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1992.

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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 (2), Wikidata (1), 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.