The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusKachemak, locally known as Kachemak City, is a small second-class city in the southern portion of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The city consists of several subdivisions and other miscellaneous properties along an approximately 2-mile (3.2 km) stretch of East End Road, adjoining the northeast corner of the much larger (both in terms of area and population) city of Homer. The population grew from 431 as of the 2010 census to 576 at the 2020 census.
Kachemak was established in 1961. Half of its homes were built before 1995.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kachemak yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Kachemak’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kachemak’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Kachemak is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kachemak has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Thorn-Stingley House in Homer, 2.7 miles away.
Kachemak and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.