Loring, Alaska
Loring, Alaska, Naha Bay
Kax̱.àan | |
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S.S. Kayak, a steamship, entering the slip at a cannery dock in Loring, July 1904 | |
Location in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 55°36′11″N 131°38′13″W / 55.60306°N 131.63694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Ketchikan Gateway |
| Government | |
| • Borough mayor | David Landis |
| • State senator | Bert Stedman (R) |
| • State rep. | Dan Ortiz (I) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.63 sq mi (1.63 km2) |
| • Land | 0.55 sq mi (1.43 km2) |
| • Water | 0.077 sq mi (0.20 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0/sq mi (0/km2) |
| FIPS code | 02-45020 |
Loring (Lingít: Kax̱.àan) was established in 1885 with the first post office in the District of Alaska and is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, The population is 0, down from 4 at the 2010 census, although the number increases in summer months.
Located due north of downtown Ketchikan on Revillagigedo Island, Loring was once Ketchikan's rival as the service center for the area's fishing and timber industries.