Welcome to Saint Terese ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Terese, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1938.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Terese: St. Terese

Saint Terese is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<1>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Saint Terese, you will leave Alaskan Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Code for Saint Terese: 907

Communities near Saint Terese ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Saint Terese.

• Juneau
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Juneau <2>
• Auke Bay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auke Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auke Bay
• Fairhaven
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
• Amalga ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amalga. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
• Douglas
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
  • Douglas has also been known as:
  • Aievak
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglas <2>
• Excursion Inlet
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excursion Inlet

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Saint Terese. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Terese.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Terese. See our Newspapers Page for Saint Terese.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Terese ...

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

Adding Saint Terese to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Terese 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 Saint Terese was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Saint Terese post office opened in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Terese.