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Florence "Ma" Barnes acquired Hotel Holman in 1922, and renamed it the Copper Center
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1697:Copperville
1689:communities
1575:Chistochina
1504:January 31,
1408:October 31,
1372:October 29,
392: /
331:2020 census
299:Tl’aticae’e
127:Census Area
89: /
28:Tl’aticae’e
1757:Categories
1605:Kenny Lake
1595:Glennallen
1352:References
1280:As of the
419:Glennallen
380:145°19′6″W
377:61°57′55″N
204:Population
168:Mike Cronk
163:State rep.
138:Government
77:145°19′6″W
74:61°57′55″N
1720:Kennecott
1615:Mendeltna
1457:April 23,
1336:Education
1297:, 46.69%
425:(part of
366:Geography
329:. At the
327:Anchorage
284:FIPS code
272:Area code
226:Time zone
1630:Nelchina
1610:McCarthy
1426:Archived
1303:Hispanic
1289:, 0.28%
1050:Source:
931:(316.8)
791:(−10.9)
786:(−31.9)
781:(−19.2)
741:(−16.2)
731:(−32.6)
716:(−27.7)
711:(−14.9)
666:(−19.6)
661:(−26.5)
646:(−23.5)
641:(−10.7)
596:(−10.3)
591:(−20.4)
288:02-17300
260:ZIP code
1715:Chisana
1660:Tonsina
1655:Tolsona
1650:Tazlina
1625:Nabesna
1600:Gulkana
1580:Chitina
1570:Chisana
1479:June 6,
1344:of the
1001:(99.8)
771:(−1.9)
751:(−1.1)
746:(−5.4)
721:(−3.8)
706:(−5.4)
696:(10.7)
691:(16.2)
686:(13.8)
671:(−7.9)
636:(−0.9)
631:(15.1)
621:(25.2)
616:(21.3)
611:(16.0)
444:Climate
337:History
305:) is a
103:Country
1635:Paxson
1590:Gakona
1307:Latino
1282:census
1236:−19.4%
1221:110.8%
1161:−34.8%
1116:−22.0%
1071:Census
986:(6.6)
956:(2.5)
946:(9.7)
886:(4.8)
861:(−51)
856:(−49)
851:(−36)
846:(−31)
841:(−14)
821:(−11)
816:(−34)
811:(−42)
806:(−49)
801:(−51)
776:(−10)
766:(3.1)
761:(7.1)
756:(6.4)
736:(−29)
701:(6.6)
681:(7.5)
676:(1.1)
651:(3.1)
606:(7.6)
601:(0.3)
472:Month
431:Valdez
358:wire.
319:Alaska
254:(AKDT)
120:Alaska
1763:Ahtna
1645:Slana
1402:(Web)
1291:Black
1287:White
1251:−9.4%
1191:36.4%
1176:67.8%
1146:72.5%
1131:12.7%
996:(20)
991:(25)
951:(11)
941:(25)
926:(41)
921:(34)
916:(23)
911:(23)
906:(37)
901:(51)
896:(43)
891:(16)
881:(12)
876:(14)
871:(18)
836:(−6)
826:(−4)
784:−25.4
729:−26.7
714:−17.8
659:−15.7
644:−10.3
626:(18)
581:(34)
566:(16)
561:(29)
556:(34)
551:(32)
546:(33)
541:(26)
536:(21)
531:(14)
511:Year
303:Ahtna
265:99573
252:UTC-8
231:UTC-9
115:State
1562:CDPs
1506:2008
1481:2013
1459:2011
1410:2021
1374:2021
1266:3.0%
1257:2020
1242:2010
1227:2000
1212:1990
1206:3.4%
1197:1980
1182:1970
1167:1960
1152:1950
1137:1940
1122:1930
1107:1920
1092:1910
1080:Note
1075:Pop.
1052:WRCC
999:39.5
981:(0)
976:(0)
971:(0)
966:(0)
961:(0)
929:12.4
924:1.61
919:1.34
914:0.89
909:0.89
904:1.45
894:1.68
889:0.63
884:0.19
879:0.46
874:0.57
869:0.69
831:(0)
789:12.4
779:−2.6
769:28.5
764:37.5
759:44.7
754:43.5
749:30.1
744:22.2
719:25.1
704:22.2
699:43.9
694:51.3
689:61.1
684:56.9
679:45.5
674:33.9
669:17.7
664:−3.3
649:37.7
639:12.7
634:30.4
629:59.2
619:77.4
614:70.3
609:60.8
604:45.6
599:32.5
594:13.4
589:−4.7
576:(7)
571:(9)
526:(9)
521:(7)
508:Dec
505:Nov
502:Oct
499:Sep
496:Aug
493:Jul
490:Jun
487:May
484:Apr
481:Mar
478:Feb
475:Jan
175:Area
1305:or
1293:or
1261:338
1246:328
1231:362
1216:449
1201:213
1186:206
1171:151
1141:138
1045:55
984:2.6
949:4.2
944:3.8
939:9.9
859:−60
854:−57
849:−32
844:−23
814:−30
809:−43
804:−57
799:−60
739:2.8
734:−20
709:5.1
458:Dsc
313:in
301:in
277:907
245:DST
212:338
170:(R)
36:CDP
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1552:,
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1348:.
1156:90
1126:80
1111:71
1096:91
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1027:9
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1021:4
1018:1
1015:3
1012:2
1009:3
989:10
834:21
829:32
824:24
819:12
774:14
624:65
579:94
574:44
569:49
564:60
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554:94
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544:92
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519:45
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