Southeast Alaska · AK

Juneau

A gold camp turned capital, with no road in.

Population
32,255 (2020 census)
Founded
1880
Capital since
1906

Then

  1. 1880

    Joe Juneau and Richard Harris stake a town site on October 18, on Auke and Taku land.

  2. 1881

    Miners name the settlement Juneau.

  3. 1906

    The territorial government moves here from Sitka.

Now

Juneau has no road to the rest of the continent. Government is the main employer, and about 1.65 million cruise visitors came in 2023. This place reaches south through Taku Inlet and Port Snettisham to Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm, and north to Berners Bay.

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