Ward Cove, Alaska

Ward Cove, Alaska

Ward Cove (also Wacker, Wacker City, or Wards Cove) is an unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States. Its elevation is 164 feet (50 m), and it is located at coor dms|55|24|43|N|131|43|22|W|city (55.4119444, -131.7227778). [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1415612 Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report] , Geographic Names Information System, 2000-01-01. Accessed 2008-02-27.] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 99928. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=99928 Zip Code Lookup] ]

This village is an extension of the settlement area of Ketchikan northwest along the highway. A saltery was established in Ward Cove in 1883-84 by W. W. Waud. Eugene Wacker was first postmaster of the Wacker post office, which was established 1920. The post office name was changed to Wards Cove in 1951 and then to Ward Cove in 1954. The village population was 57 at the 1930 census. The name "Ward Cove" was declared official in 1966 by the Board on Geographic Names.

The settlement lies on the northern shore of Ward Cove, at the southwestern end of Revillagigedo Island, 4½ mi ((7¼ km) northwest of of Ketchikan, Alex. Arch.

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