Welcome to Alatna ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alatna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Alatna is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Alatna lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Alatna: 907

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alatna ...

Looking for more information about Alatna? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alatna, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alatna.

Adding Alatna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alatna in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Alatna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Alatna post office opened in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alatna.

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alatna - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/