Crown Point is a

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(CDP) in

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. The population was 74 at the 2010 census. Land access to this area is by either the Alaska Railroad or the

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Geography

Crown Point is located in the north-central part of the

Kenai Peninsula The Kenai Peninsula ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghenen'') is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska. The name Kenai (, ) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan trib ...

at (60.418833, -149.355340), near the confluence of the

Trail River Trail Creek also known as Trail River is a stream in the Chugach Mountains near Moose Pass, Alaska. It flows through the Trail Lakes and ends at Kenai Lake. There is a USFS campground near where the river empties into Kenai Lake, the river can be f ...

and

Kenai Lake Kenai Lake ( Dena'ina: ''Sqilan Bena'') is a large, "zig-zag" shaped lake on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The lake forms the headwaters of the Kenai River, and is itself a destination for fishing and other outdoor activity. The Dena'ina call th ...

. It is bordered to the north by Moose Pass and to the south by Primrose. Alaska Route 9, the Seward Highway, leads north from Crown Point to Alaska Route 1 at Tern Lake, and south to Seward. Portions of this CDP were once the settlement known as ''Lawing'', which was centered around Alaska Nellie's Homestead. According to the

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, the Crown Point CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

Crown Point first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). As of the

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of 2000, there were 75 people, 28 households, and 19 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 38 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.00%

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, 4.00% Native American, 1.33%

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, 1.33% from

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, and 5.33% from two or more races. 2.67% of the population were

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of any race. There were 28 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.95. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 36.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 126.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $59,063, and the median income for a family was $59,063. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $41,250 for females. The

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for the CDP was $17,498. There were no families and 15.6% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 100.0% of those over 64.

References

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