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Welcome to Sanak ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sanak, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

Sanak is near sea level<1>.

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

Area Code for Sanak: 907

Adding Sanak to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sanak post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sanak.

Footnotes ...

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