Point Possession, Alaska | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Alaska |
Pushpin Label: | Point Possession |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Point Possession in Alaska |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Borough |
Subdivision Name2: | Kenai Peninsula |
Leader Title: | Borough mayor |
Leader Name: | Peter Micciche |
Leader Title1: | State senator |
Leader Name1: | Jesse Bjorkman (R) |
Leader Title2: | State rep. |
Leader Name2: | Ben Carpenter (R) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 108.71 |
Area Land Km2: | 108.71 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Length Mi: | 27 |
Width Mi: | 1 |
Elevation Ft: | 100 |
Population Total: | 9 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.08 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 02-61825 |
Other Name: | Tuyqun |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 41.98 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 41.98 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 0.21 |
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.
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 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 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 108.7sqkm, all of which is recorded as land. While the permanent population is three, the 2010 census counted 214 housing units.[3]