Point Possession, Alaska

Census-designated place in Alaska, United States

Point Possession, Alaska Tuyqun
Census-designated place
60°55′23″N 150°41′20″W / 60.9230807°N 150.688844°W / 60.9230807; -150.688844
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kenai Peninsula
Government
• Borough mayor	Peter Micciche
• State senator	Jesse Bjorkman (R)
• State rep.	Ben Carpenter (R)
Area ^[1]
• Total	41.98 sq mi (108.71 km²)
• Land	41.98 sq mi (108.71 km²)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Dimensions
• Length	27 mi (43 km)
• Width	1 mi (2 km)
Elevation	100 ft (30 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	9
• Density	0.21/sq mi (0.08/km²)
FIPS code	02-61825

Point Possession (Dena'ina: Tuyqun or Ch'aghałnikt) is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. According to the 2020 census, the CDP population was 9.^[2] Since 2009, Point Possession has been owned by the federal government and has been made a part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

Geography

The CDP is named for Point Possession, a landform on the northwest side of the Kenai Peninsula that marks the southern side of the mouth of Turnagain Arm into Cook Inlet. The CDP extends from the point 27 miles (43 km) southwest along the shore of Cook Inlet to the mouth of the Swanson River, across which is the CDP of Nikiski. The Kenai Spur Highway enters the Point Possession CDP at the Swanson River and shortly dead-ends while still within the Captain Cook State Recreation Area; it leads southwest 27 miles (43 km) to the city of Kenai. The rest of the CDP is accessible only via four-wheel-drive roads.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Point Possession CDP has an area of 42.0 square miles (108.7 km²), all of which is recorded as land. While the permanent population is three, the 2010 census counted 214 housing units.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	3	—
2020	9	200.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
^ "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Point Possession CDP, Alaska". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved January 23, 2019.^{[dead link]}
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.