Welcome to Kantishna ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kantishna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Kantishna is 1,730 feet [527 m] above sea level.<1>.

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

Area Code for Kantishna: 907

Adding Kantishna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kantishna 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 Kantishna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Kantishna post office opened in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kantishna.

Footnotes ...

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