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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 leave Saint Terese and travel east, 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)
  • Auke Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auke Bay
  • Fairhaven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Amalga ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
  • Douglas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Excursion Inlet
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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 (so far) for Saint Terese was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Saint Terese post office opened in 1938. The Saint Terese post office closed in 1946.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Terese - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/