The Entire Population Of Whttier Ak Lives Under One Roof

State of alaska about 58 miles southeast of anchorage.
The entire population of whttier ak lives under one roof. The city is within the valdez cordova census area. Whittier alaska is a small town about 60 miles 96 5 kilometers south of anchorage. Approximately 127 people live in whittier which is only accessible via a boat or a one way one lane tunnel that is a bit of a hair raiser. The 14 story begich tower which houses the entire neighborhood.
So small in fact that almost its entire population has chosen to live under one roof the roof of the begich tower. The 2018 estimate was 205 people almost all of whom. No one can reach the city by land without first passing through it. Most of the.
At the 2010 census the population was 220 up from 182 in 2000. Whittier is a city at the head of the passage canal in the u s. State of alaska about 58 miles 93 km southeast of anchorage. Welcome to whittier alaska a community under one roof this sleepy town on the west side of prince william sound is remote and it s hit with brutal winter weather every year.
But whittier is a little. Not only does this fact put the place firmly on the map as one of the strangest places in america the city also has the longest tunnel in the states. Whittier is a city at the head of the passage canal in the u s. In the sleepy town of whittier alaska nearly all of the town s 218 residents live together under one roof.
Whittier alaska where an entire town lives under one roof 1 by alexa carrasco apr 1 2015 1 34pm edt in whittier alaska almost all of the tiny town s 200 residents live in one building and. The city is within the chugach census area one of the two entities established in 2019 when the former valdez cordova census area was dissolved. If there were to be a coronavirus outbreak in the begich tower it could be especially devastating city manager jim hunt told insider. The building is a former army barracks that was erected in the 1950 s and.
Begich towers centre home to the population of whittier an alaskan city under one roof. It s a small community of about 220 people who like those in many other small alaska wilderness towns huddle together for warmth in the long dark freezing winters. In whittier alaska a remote city about an hour outside of anchorage nearly every resident lives under one roof.