Wrangell, Alaska

Not to be confused with the Wrangell Mountains or Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, farther northwest in Alaska.

Wrangell, Alaska Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw (Tlingit) Врангель (Russian)
Unified Borough
View of the city in 2016 Stikine River delta Shakes Glacier in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness Fishing boat docked at harbor Post Office and Customs House Ferry M/V Stikine arriving
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Wrangell, Alaska Location of Wrangell within Alaska Wrangell, Alaska Wrangell, Alaska (North America)
Coordinates: 56°23′06″N 132°05′11″W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Founded	1834 (1834)
English	1839
American	1867
Incorporated	1903 (as a city); May 30, 2008 (as a borough)
Named for	Ferdinand von Wrangel
Government
• Mayor	Patricia Gilbert
Area
• Unified Borough	3,476.61 sq mi (9,004.37 km2)
• Land	2,556.00 sq mi (6,620.00 km2)
• Water	920.61 sq mi (2,384.38 km2)
• Urban	71 sq mi (180 km2)
Elevation	69 ft (21 m)
Population  (2020)
• Unified Borough	2,127
• Estimate  (2025)	2,007
• Density	0.83/sq mi (0.32/km2)
Time zone	UTC-9 (AKST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code	99929
Area code	907
FIPS codes	02-275[link removed], 02-86380
GNIS feature IDs	1415843, 2418874
Website	wrangell.com

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Wrangell (Tlingit: Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Russian: Врангель, romanized: Vrangel') is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was around 2,127, down from 2,369 in 2010.

Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Borough on May 30, 2008, Wrangell was previously a city in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, which was afterwards renamed the Petersburg Census Area (the Petersburg Borough was formed from part of this census area). Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw ("Ḵaachx̱ans Little Lake" with áa-kʼw 'lake-diminutive'). The Tlingit people living in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine River. Alternately they use the autonym Shxʼát Ḵwáan, where the meaning of shxʼát is unknown. They are enrolled in the Wrangell Cooperative Association, a federally recognized tribe.

The central (urban) part of Wrangell is located at 56°28′15″N 132°22′36″W, in the northwest corner of Wrangell Island. The borough also encompasses the entire eastern half of the former Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, in addition to the area around Meyers Chuck, which was formerly in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area. It includes Thoms Place, a former census-designated place on Wrangell Island.