Killisnoo
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Chief of Neltusken
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  Killisnoo Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 57°28′10″N 134°34′11″W / 57.46944°N 134.56972°W / 57.46944; -134.56972 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Hoonah-Angoon |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Bert Stedman (R) |
| • State rep. | Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (Alaska) |
| GNIS ID | 1423064[1] |
Killisnoo was an unincorporated communityonKillisnoo Island in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. stateofAlaska, near Angoon, Admiralty Island. Killisnoo had a post office until it closed in 1930. [1] The community was known by several alternative names, including Kanas-nu, Kanasnu, Kenasnow and Killishoo.
Killisnoo Island has long been inhabited by Tlingit people. In the late 1800s, the North West Trading Company built a fish processing plant at Killisnoo and many Tlingit moved from nearby Angoon and other areas to Killisnoo to work at the plant. The plant was destroyed in a fire in 1928 and most of the residents left Killisnoo.
The St. Andrew Church in Killisnoo was destroyed by fire in 1927, and the congregation built a new church called St. John the Baptist church in Angoon.[2]
Like nearby Angoon, Killisnoo receives less rain than most of southeastern Alaska. Whaler's Cove Lodge is an active hunting and fishing lodge located on Killisnoo.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1890 | 79 | — | |
| 1900 | 172 | 117.7% | |
| 1910 | 351 | 104.1% | |
| 1920 | 256 | −27.1% | |
| 1930 | 3 | −98.8% | |
| 1940 | 26 | 766.7% | |
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Killisnoo first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village of 79 residents. Although it was considered to be a Tlingit village, Whites outnumbered Tlingits by 44 to 33, with 2 Asians.[4] It continued to appear until 1940, when most of the residents left. It was later annexed into the neighboring city of Angoon.
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