History · Pilot Point · established 1992

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How Pilot Point began

When was Pilot Point founded?

1992

Pilot Point was established in 1992.

First census: 114 in 1940Today: 70 (2020)34 years

Founding year: Wikidata.

What stands out about Pilot Point’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pilot Point are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.

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The story so far

Pilot Point, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pilot Point yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Pilot Point (Alutiiq: Agisaq) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, on the Alaska Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 70, up from 68 in 2010.

Pilot Point was established in 1992. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 68 to 70 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Pilot Point, 1934 to 1992

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

20th century
1934Post officeThe Pilot Point post office opens
1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
1992
FoundingPilot Point is established

By decade

Pilot Point, decade by decade

Today2 recent

20148.26.2014 Commissioner O’Rielly’s visit to Alaska

2002Pilot-Point-Airport-FAA-photo

On the map

Pilot Point on the map in 1951

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pilot Point.

1951Ugashik C-5 sheet · 1:63,360

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pilot Point.

People over time

Pilot Point, census by census

Between 53 and 114 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pilot Point’s Wikipedia page.

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From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.