Welcome to Cape Fanshaw ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cape Fanshaw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Cape Fanshaw is near sea level<1>.

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

Area Code for Cape Fanshaw: 907

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cape Fanshaw ...

Looking for more information about Cape Fanshaw? 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 Cape Fanshaw, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cape Fanshaw.

Adding Cape Fanshaw to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cape Fanshaw in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Cape Fanshaw post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cape Fanshaw.

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cape Fanshaw - 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/