Gustavus, Alaska Gustavus, Alaska Gustavus is positioned in Alaska Gustavus - Gustavus State Alaska Gustavus (gus-TAY-vuhs) is a second-class town/city in Hoonah-Angoon Enumeration Area in the U.S.
State of Alaska.
Map of Gustavus outside of the town's gas station Gustavus, formerly known as "Strawberry Point", lies on the outwash plain created by the glaciers that once filled Glacier Bay.
Many Gustavus inhabitants are descendants and relatives of the initial Parker homesteaders.
The new name came from Point Gustavus at the mouth of Glacier Bay.
In 1793 George Vancouver titled Point Adolphus (at the northern tip of Chichagof Island, and today a well-known humpback whale feeding area) after Adolphus Frederick, seventh son of King George III.
Dall, while working on a coastal survey, saw "Adolphus" on the map and assumed it was for Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus.
The point athwart Icy Strait from Point Adolphus at the mouth of Glacier Bay was not titled on the map, so Dall called it "Gustavus".
Another possibility is that Dall titled Gustavus for Gustavus C.
Naval Academy graduate who had extensive experience throughout southeast Alaska, and both Dall and Hanus served with the Coast Survey in Alaska.
There is still a large beach at Gustavus, with many strawberries.
The town/city is surrounded on three sides by Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and on the fourth side by water.
Gustavus's coastal locale gives it a mostly mild winter.
Summer temperatures range from 11 to 17 C (52 to 63 F); winter temperatures from 3 to 4 C (27 to 39 F).
Gustavus is positioned at 58 24 59 N 135 44 44 W (58.416327, -135.745549). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 36.9 square miles (95.7 km2), of which 32.8 square miles (85.0 km2) are territory and 4.1 square miles (10.7 km2), or 11.16%, are water. Gustavus is split by the Salmon River, a small waterway crossed by a bridge for the paved road running out to Glacier Bay National Park.
Gustavus has a wet, maritime subarctic climate (Koppen Dfc).
Climate data for Gustavus The initial Gustavus dock, which has since been replaced.
As of the census of 2000, there were 429 citizens , 199 homeholds, and 114 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89% white, 0% black or African American, 4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 2% from other competitions, and 4% from two or more competitions.
38% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.2 and the average family size was 2.9.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26% under the age of 18, 3% from 18 to 24, 30% from 25 to 44, 36% from 45 to 64, and 5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Gustavus economy is firmly linked to the encircling natural resources; tourism and commercial fishing are mainstays.
However, the importance of commercial fishing is in decline, as the Dungeness crab fishery in Glacier Bay National Park was closed in the early 2000s and the fishing for Dungeness outside of the nationwide park has turn into poor.
Salmon and halibut remain as the major catch of the commercial fishing done out of Gustavus.
Those not involved in tourism or seafood typically work for the government at the enhance school, the postal service, the National Park Service, or the City of Gustavus.
Gustavus is not connected to the adjoining highway system.
Gustavus Airport and the Alaska Marine Highway furnish access between Gustavus and the outside world.
2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory.
"Gustavus city, Alaska".
"Alaska Taxable 2011: Municipal Taxation - Rates and Policies" (PDF).
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Gustavus city, Alaska".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
City of Gustavus official website Gustavus Visitor's Association Gustavus Historical Archives & Antiquities Municipalities and communities of Hoonah Angoon Enumeration Area, Alaska, United States 1917 establishments in Alaska - Cities in Alaska - Cities in Hoonah Angoon Enumeration Area, Alaska - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - Populated coastal places in Alaska - Populated places established in 1917
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