Sitka, Alaska

Sitka is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on... Wikipedia

• Colonized:  1799, 1804
• Incorporated:  November 5, 1913 (city), September 24, 1963, (borough), December 2, 1971, (unified municipality)
• Named for:  Tlingit for "People on the outside of Shee"
• Mayor:  Steven Eisenbeisz
• State senator:  Bert Stedman (R)
• State rep.:  Rebecca Himschoot (I)
• Population (2020):  8,458
• Estimate (2024):  8,355
• Urban:  7,668
• Time zone:  Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9)
• Summer (DST):  AKDT (UTC-8)
• ZIP Code:  99835
• Area code:  907
• FIPS code:  02-70540
• GNIS feature ID:  1414736
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo