Akhiok, Alaska

About Akhiok

Akhiok, AK is a tiny community located in southern Alaska with an estimated population of 63.

Akhiok holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 7.4 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 9 residents per square mile.

📰 Akhiok News Today

• Akhiok, Alaska Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18
• The Forever Corporations of the Kodiak Archipelago Alaska Business Magazine · Dec 29
• Santa to the Villages 2022: Akhiok [Image 11 of 16] DVIDS · Dec 21
• Alitak may be closed, but its colorful history lives on Kodiak Daily Mirror · Sep 12
• Akhiok’s new power system opens the door to renewable energy, and reduces costs KTOO · Nov 13

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What Makes Akhiok Unique

• The only place in America named Akhiok — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• With 63 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
• Positioned in southern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Akhiok

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🏫 Schools in Akhiok

• Akhiok School

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