Edna Bay, Alaska

About Edna Bay

Set in the southeastern part of Alaska, Edna Bay is a tiny community counting 26 people who proudly call it home.

Edna Bay holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 21.14 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 1 residents per square mile.

📰 Edna Bay News Today

• Edna Bay, AK Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Aug 31
• Southeast Alaska woman lives alone in the wild for reality TV show Juneau Empire · Mar 3
• Petition calls for Edna Bay to incorporate as a city KRBD · Sep 24
• School in Edna Bay reopens after 8 years Stikine River Radio · Aug 4
• Second-growth timber sale awarded under state-federal agreement KFSK · Sep 27

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What Makes Edna Bay Unique

• The only place in America named Edna Bay — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• With 26 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 southeastern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 1+ neighboring communities within 21 miles.

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