Welcome to King Cove ...

The coastal city of King Cove is located in the Aleutians.

While we don't have a date for the founding of King Cove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

A typical abbreviation for King Cove: King Cv.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, King Cove has a population of 1,005 people<1> (see below for details).

King Cove is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for King Cove: 907

The ZIP code for King Cove: 99612<3>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, King Cove had an population of 1,005 people. This is an increase of 7.14% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 26.89% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, King Cove had a population of 938 people.

The population of King Cove represents 0.13% of the total population of Alaska (which has 710,231 people), making it the state's 30th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 938 people, the population of King Cove increased 18.43% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 792 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for King Cove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for King Cove ...

Looking for more information about King Cove? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for King Cove, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for King Cove.

Adding King Cove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of King Cove 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 King Cove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the King Cove post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for King Cove.

Footnotes ...

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for King Cove.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around King Cove - 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 King Cove). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether King Cove 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/