Ward Cove, Alaska
Unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough · Not an incorporated municipality
About Ward Cove
Ward Cove (previously, Wacker, Wacker City, and Wards Cove) is an unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States. Its elevation is 164 feet (50 m). It has a post office with the ZIP Code 99928.
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How Ward Cove is governed
Ward Cove appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Ketchikan Gateway Borough and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Ward Cove does have local officials.
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Residents of Ward Cove
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Mayor
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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History
A saltery was established in Ward Cove in 1883–84 by W. W. Waud. Eugene Wacker was the first postmaster of the Wacker post office, which was established 1920. The post office name was changed to Wards Cove in 1951 and then to Ward Cove in 1954. In 2007, the post office was named in honor of Alice R. Brusich, who served as postmaster from 1954 to 1985. The village population was 57 at the 1930 census. The name "Ward Cove" was declared official in 1966 by the Board on Geographic Names.
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