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Welcome to Squaw Harbor ...

Squaw Harbor is located in the Aleutians.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Squaw Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1947.

A typical abbreviation for Squaw Harbor: Squaw Hbr. (or less commonly used: Squaw Harb. or Squaw Hrbr.)

Squaw Harbor is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<1>.

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

Area Code for Squaw Harbor: 907

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 Squaw Harbor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Squaw Harbor.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Squaw Harbor ...

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

Adding Squaw Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Squaw Harbor post office opened in 1947.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Squaw Harbor.

Footnotes ...

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