Welcome to False Pass ...
The coastal city of False Pass is located on Unimak Island (in the Aleutians).
While we don't have a date for the founding of False Pass, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, False Pass has a population of 43 people<1> (see below for details).
False Pass is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: False Pass lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for False Pass: 907
The ZIP code for False Pass: 99583<3>
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, False Pass had an population of 43 people. This is an increase of 22.86% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 32.81% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, False Pass had a population of 35 people.
With a 2010 count of 35 people, the population of False Pass decreased 45.31% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 64 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for False Pass.
Adding False Pass to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of False Pass 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 False Pass was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
X2X - From that list, the False Pass post office opened in 1921.
For more details, see References and Mentions for False Pass.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for State of Alaska: https://alaska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for False Pass. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around False Pass - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as False Pass). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether False Pass or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |