Killisnoo

Ghost town · Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska

Sitka B-2 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:63,360) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Killisnoo is a ghost town in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska. It is one of 6 former communities in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 20th among the 34 Alaska counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Killisnoo as a historical populated place on the Sitka B-2 NW topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 57.4694° N, 134.5697° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Sitka B-2 NW
Elevation	17 ft
Nearest living town	Angoon, AK
Distance to it	3.9 miles
GNIS feature ID	1423064
Coordinates	57.46944, -134.56972

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What's there now

Killisnoo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Angoon, AK (population 467), about 3.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 17 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Hood Bay
ghost town · Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County · 8.8 mi
Sitkoh
ghost town · Sitka County · 11.2 mi
Fairway Island Light
lighthouse · Sitka County · 11.4 mi
Tyee
ghost town · Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County · 29.7 mi
Fort Saint Michael
ghost town · Sitka County · 32.1 mi
Five Finger Islands Light
lighthouse · Petersburg County · 37.6 mi
Silver Bay
ghost town · Sitka County · 39.4 mi
Tluhashaiyikan
ghost town · Sitka County · 40.9 mi
Sumdum
ghost town · Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County · 42.6 mi
Cobol
ghost town · Sitka County · 48.4 mi
The Redoubt
ghost town · Sitka County · 48.4 mi

Questions

Where is Killisnoo?

Killisnoo is in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska, at 57.4694, -134.5697.

How many ghost towns are in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County?

Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.