Information About

Copper Center

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 58' 37.056" N,
145 ° 19' 47.024" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Glennallen

Elevation

1033 ft (314.86 m)

Copper Center in Detail.

About

On the Klutina River, 1 mi W of its jucntion with the Copper River and 66 mi NE of Valdez, Copper River Basin.

History

A trading post was located here about 1896. The village began as a mining camp when about 300 prospectors wintered here in 1898-99. With the establishment of a telegraph station by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about 1901, the village, being on the Fairbanks-Valdez trail, became the principal settlement and supply center in the Nelchina-Susitna Region. Its population was 91 in 1910; 71 in 1920; 80 in 1930; 138 in 1939; 90 in 1950, and 151 in 1960.

Topo Maps

Valdez D-4 (1949), Valdez D-4 (1949), Valdez D-4 (1949), Valdez D-4 (1949), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez D-4 (1952), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez D-4 (1996), Valdez D-4 NW (2016),
Places Near Copper Center
Cities:

Glennallen,

Lakes:

Willow Lake,

Mountains:

Stuck Mountain, Willow Mountain,

Rivers:

Klawasi River, Klutina River, Nadina River, Tazlina River,

Streams:

Dry Creek, Moose Creek, Yetna Creek,

Routes:

Trans-Alaska Trail - PS12 to Willow Lake, Trans-Alaska Trail - Willow Lake to Glennallen,

Cities:

Copper Center, Copperville, Tazlina, Willow Creek,