District of Alaska

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The District of Alaska was the U.S. civil and military administrative district that governed Alaska after its purchase from Russia and before it became an organized U.S. territory.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
District of Alaska canonical 7
Alaska Territory 4
Alaska (before statehood) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States territorial entity
civil and military administrative district
appliesToJurisdiction Alaska
appliesToPeriod post–Alaska Purchase, pre–Alaska Territory
capital Juneau
Sitka
contains Aleutian Islands
Alexander Archipelago
Arctic coastal plain of Alaska
Cook Inlet
Kodiak Island
Seward Peninsula
Yukon River (lower course)
linked to: Yukon River
country United States of America
currency United States dollar
linked to: US dollar
dissolved 1912-08-24
endTime 1912-08-24
establishedBy Treaty of Cession (Alaska Purchase)
linked to: Alaska Purchase
executiveBranch U.S. Army (initially)
linked to: United States Army

U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Navy
linked to: United States Navy
followedBy Alaska Territory
linked to: Alaska
follows Russian America
governingBody United States federal government
hasBorderWith Arctic Ocean
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
Pacific Ocean
Yukon Territory
hasCapitalFrom Juneau, 1906
hasCapitalUntil Sitka, 1906
historicalEra late 19th century United States expansion
inception 1867-10-18
legalStatus district without organic act
unorganized U.S. territory
legislativeBody none (no elected territorial legislature)
locatedIn North Pacific region
locatedInContinent North America
partOf United States insular areas
precededBy Russian America
purchasePrice 7.2 million United States dollars
replacedBy Alaska Territory
linked to: District of Alaska
significantEvent Klondike Gold Rush impact on administration
creation of civil government structures in the 1880s–1890s
startTime 1867-10-18
subordinateTo United States Department of War
United States Department of the Interior
United States Department of the Treasury
United States Navy Department
treatyWith Russian Empire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Purchase successorTerritorialStatus District of Alaska
Alaska Purchase successorTerritorialStatus Alaska Territory
linked to: District of Alaska
District of Alaska replacedBy Alaska Territory
linked to: District of Alaska
Alaska Territorial Legislature appliesToJurisdiction Alaska Territory
linked to: District of Alaska
Alaska Territorial Legislature legislativeBodyFor Alaska Territory
linked to: District of Alaska
Alaska Territorial Legislature appliesToJurisdiction Alaska (before statehood)
linked to: District of Alaska
University of Alaska Anchorage foundedBy Territory of Alaska
linked to: District of Alaska
CA9 circuitIncludes District of Alaska
H. Russel Holland jurisdiction District of Alaska
Joshua M. Kindred jurisdiction District of Alaska
Sharon L. Gleason jurisdiction District of Alaska