Attu is a

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(CDP) located on

Attu Island Attu (, ) is an island in the Near Islands (part of the Aleutian Islands chain). It is one of the westernmost points of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island became uninhabited in 2010, making it the largest uninhabited island that is part of th ...

in the Aleutians West Census Area in the

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. The population was 21 at the 2010 census, consisting entirely of coast guard personnel who resided and worked at Casco Cove Coast Guard Station, but left the island when the station was closed in August 2010, leaving it uninhabited.

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Station Attu had provided a navigational signal for mariners of the North Pacific since the 1970s.Home page for USCG Loran Station Attu
(modified July 23, 2007) Although it is relatively the westernmost point in the United States, Attu Station is technically one of the easternmost points, located at , opposite the

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from the rest of the

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History

After the Japanese invasion of

and the battle to retake it, the United States government constructed a

station on the southern tip of the island, at Theodore Point. The equipment to build the station came from Holtz Bay and was ferried on barges and landing craft to Baxter Cove, about east of the station. Bulldozers were used to cut a road from Baxter Cove to Theodore Point. In 1960, the station was moved to Casco Cove, near the former

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base at Massacre Bay. Later, it was moved to Massacre Bay. LORAN Station Attu ceased transmission of the LORAN signal on February 8, 2010, and the Russian-American signal ceased on August 1, 2010. In 2025, the U.S. Naval Institute proposed reviving the military airfield on Attu.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , for which of it is land and of it (0.75%) is water.

Demographics

Attu (Naval) Station first appeared on the 1980 U.S. Census as " Attu", a census-designated place (CDP). It did not return on the 1990 census. The name was changed to Attu Naval Station and redesignated a CDP in 2000. It appeared on the 2010 census with a population of 21 just before the closure of the station in August that year and the departure of its remaining residents.

2020 census

At the 2000 census there were 20 people, 0 households, and 0 families in the CDP. The population density was . There were 0 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 18 White, 1 from other races, and 1 from two or more races. Five of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The age distribution was 7 from 18 to 24, 12 from 25 to 44, and 1 from 45 to 64. The median age was 30 years. There were 19 men and one woman. Males had a median income of $26,250, which is the same as for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,964. None of the population was below the poverty line. As noted above, however, due to the closure of the station the community is presently uninhabited.

References

External links

Attu Station
at the Community Database Online from the Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs * Maps from the

Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) is a department within the government of Alaska which handles most of the state's labor and workforce In macroeconomics, the workforce or labour force is the sum of people ...

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{{authority control Census-designated places in Alaska Census-designated places in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean United States Coast Guard Aviation Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska Attu Island Former populated places in Alaska