Haines, Alaska
| Haines, Alaska | |
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Haines, viewed from Mount Ripinski, with Chilkoot Inlet on the left, Chilkat Inlet on the right, and the Chilkat Peninsula extending into the distance.
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| Motto: The Adventure Capital of Alaska | |
 Location of Haines, Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 59°14′2″N 135°26′49″W / 59.23389°N 135.44694°WCoordinates: 59°14′2″N 135°26′49″W / 59.23389°N 135.44694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Haines |
| Incorporated | January 24, 1910 |
| Disincorporated | October 17, 2002 (consolidated with a reincorporated Haines Borough) |
| Government | |
| • Borough mayor | Janice Hill |
| • State senator | Dennis Egan (D) |
| • State rep. | Sam Kito III (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.5 sq mi (55.8 km2) |
| • Land | 13.5 sq mi (35 km2) |
| • Water | 8 sq mi (20.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,811 |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP code | 99827 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-31050 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1422400 |
| Website | haines.ak.us |
Haines (Tlingit: Deishú) is a census-designated place located in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle, near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
As of the 2010 census, the population of the area was 2,508.
The area around present-day Haines was called "'Dtehshuh" or "end of the trail" by the Chilkat group of Tlingit. It received this name because they could portage (carry) their canoes from the trail they used to trade with the interior, which began at the outlet of the Chilkat River, to Dtehshuh and save 32 km (20 mi) of rowing around the Chilkat Peninsula.
The first European, George Dickinson, an agent for the North West Trading Company, settled at Dtehshuh in 1880. In 1881, the Chilkat asked Sheldon Jackson to send missionaries to the area. Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian minister, was sent. He built the Willard mission and school at Dtehshuh, on land given the church by the Chilkat. The mission was renamed Haines in 1884 in honor of Francina E. Haines, the chairwoman of the committee that raised funds for its construction.
At the time the boundary between Canada and the U.S. was disputed and vaguely defined. There were overlapping land claims from the United States' purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 and British claims along the coast. Canada had requested a survey after British Columbia united with it in 1871, but the idea was rejected by the United States as being too costly given the area's remoteness, sparse settlement, and limited economic or strategic interest.
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