Copper Center, Alaska
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Copper Center Tl’aticae’e |
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Historic Copper Center Roadhouse on the loop through Copper Center.
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 Location of Copper Center, Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 61°57′55″N 145°19′6″W / 61.96528°N 145.31833°WCoordinates: 61°57′55″N 145°19′6″W / 61.96528°N 145.31833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Valdez-Cordova |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Click Bishop (R) |
| • State rep. | Dave Talerico (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.7 sq mi (35.6 km2) |
| • Land | 13.7 sq mi (35.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 328 |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP code | 99573 |
| Area code(s) | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-17300 |
Copper Center (Tl’aticae’e in Ahtna) is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Copper River in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred miles northeast of Anchorage. At the 2010 census the population was 328.
Copper Center is located at 61°57′55″N 145°19′6″W / 61.96528°N 145.31833°W (61.965305, -145.318280).
Copper Center is located on the Richardson Highway 4 south on the west bank of the Copper River at the confluence with the Klutina River. It is about 16 miles southeast of Glennallen on the Glenn Highway 1 and about 100 miles north of Valdez.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.7 square miles (35 km2), all of it land.
Copper Center developed where the Valdez Glacier trail reached the Copper River. Andrew Holman was its first resident, establishing a temporary roadhouse near the site in July 1898 to provide shelter for prospectors on their way to the Klondike. He initially erected two tents: one served as Hotel Holman and the other as a makeshift post office. By winter 1899, Holman had replaced his tents with a substantial cabin. Leaving Dick Worthman to run the roadhouse, Holman pioneered the first mail route from Valdez to Eagle.
During the height of the Klondike stampede prospectors set up tent camps along both the Copper and Klutina rivers, but the first cabins were built on a site one half mile west of the Copper. Another camp sprang up at what was called Copper Ferry, where a ferry crossed the river. The area got a boost as a goldfield service center in June 1898, when B. F. Millard brushed a trail from there to the mouth of the Slana River via the foothills of Mt. Drum.
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