Hobart Bay, Alaska Explained

Official Name:Hobart Bay, Alaska
Settlement Type:CDP
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Alaska
Subdivision Type2:Borough
Subdivision Name2:Petersburg
Leader Title:State senator
Leader Name:Bert Stedman (R)
Leader Title1:State rep.
Leader Name1:Rebecca Himschoot (I)
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:334.10
Area Land Km2:309.31
Area Water Km2:24.79
Area Total Sq Mi:129.00
Area Land Sq Mi:119.43
Area Water Sq Mi:9.57
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1
Population Density Km2:0.00
Population Density Sq Mi:0.01
Timezone:Alaska (AKST)
Utc Offset:-9
Timezone Dst:AKDT
Utc Offset Dst:-8
Elevation M:361
Elevation Ft:1184
Coordinates:57.4531°N -133.3933°W
Area Code:907
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:02-32550
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1866951
Unit Pref:Imperial

Hobart Bay is a census-designated place that was located in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska during the 2010 United States Census, but is now part of Petersburg Borough. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the CDP was one, down from three in 2000.

The bay was named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander Mansfield of the United States Navy. The site was first settled as a logging camp. The population has declined in recent years. Nevertheless, on January 3, 2013, Hobart Bay and a sizable portion of the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area around it were incorporated into the new Petersburg Borough, which has the city of Petersburg as its economic center and is composed primarily of land from the former Petersburg Census Area.[2]

Geography

Hobart Bay is located at 57°27'11" North, 133°23'36" West (57.453007, -133.393308).[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 129.8sqmi, of which, 117.4sqmi of it is land and 12.4sqmi of it is water. The total area is 9.54% water.

Demographics

Hobart Bay first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were three people, two households, and one family residing in the CDP. The population density was 0/km2. There were seventeen housing units at an average density of 0.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was two White and one Native American.

There were two households with no children under the age of eighteen living with them; one was a married couple living together, and one was a male individual.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with two from twenty-five to forty-four and one from forty-five to sixty-four. The median age was forty-four years. There was one female and two males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $68,750, and the median income for a family was $68,750. The per capita income for the CDP was $34,900.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. October 29, 2021.
  2. Web site: Petersburg incorporates as Alaska's 19th borough. Juneau Empire. 2013-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222170842/http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-04/petersburg-incorporates-alaskas-19th-borough#.UYACsCulAmw. 2015-12-22. dead.
  3. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
  4. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.