Map of Nelchina CDP

Nelchina (Xaz Ghae Na’ in Ahtna) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 45 at the 2020 census, down from 59 in 2010.

Nelchina CDP overview:
Name:	Nelchina CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Alaska
County:	Valdez-Cordova Census Area
Elevation:	2,402 ft (732 m)
Total Area:	47.90 sq mi (124.05 km²)
Land Area:	47.40 sq mi (122.75 km²)
Water Area:	0.50 sq mi (1.30 km²)
Total Population:	45
Population Density:	0.95/sq mi (0.37/km²)
Area code:	907
FIPS code:	0252915
GNISfeature ID:	1865559

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History

Nelchina is an Ahtna Athabascan name. Gold in the creeks draining from the Chugach Mountains brought prospectors to this area in the late 1800s. The Nelchina area offered several trails into the mountains. Nelchina was a mining settlement established in 1913. It was first reported by Theodore Chaplin in a 1915 USGS publication.

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Geography

Nelchina appears on the Valdez D-8 on the U.S.Geological Survey Map. The elevation is 2,402 feet. Nelchina is located between Milepost 137.5 and 150.5 of the Glenn Highway, at the junction of the Little Nelchina River and Crooked Creek. It is about 30 miles west of Glennallen and Mendeltna, just east of Mat-Su Borough Boundary. Nelchina is located at the Chitina Recording Districet.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 46.7 square miles (121 km), of which, 46.0 square miles (119 km) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km) of it (1.48%) is water.