| 词条 | McCarthy, Alaska |
| 释义 |
|official_name = McCarthy, Alaska |settlement_type = CDP |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = McCarthy Alaska.jpg |imagesize = 250 px |image_caption = The old McCarthy hardware store |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = AKMap-doton-McCarthy.PNG |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of McCarthy, Alaska |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Alaska |subdivision_type2 = Census Area |subdivision_name2 = Valdez-Cordova |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = State senator |leader_name = Click Bishop (R) |leader_title1 = State rep. |leader_name1 = Dave Talerico (R) |established_title = |established_date = |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 384.0 |area_land_km2 = 384.0 |area_water_km2 = 0.0 |area_total_sq_mi = 148.3 |area_land_sq_mi = 148.3 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.0 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 28 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = auto |timezone = Alaska (AKST) |utc_offset = -9 |timezone_DST = AKDT |utc_offset_DST = -8 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 427 |elevation_ft = 1401 | coordinates_footnotes = [1] |coordinates = {{coord|61|25|58|N|142|54|39|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = 907 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 02-45790 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1406098 |website = |footnotes = }} McCarthy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 28 at the 2010 census, down from 42 in 2000. Geography and locationMcCarthy is {{convert|120|mi|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Cordova at the foot of the Wrangell Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP of McCarthy has a total area of {{convert|148.3|sqmi|km2}}. None of the area is covered with water. It is connected to the outside world via the McCarthy Road spur of the Edgerton Highway from Chitina, and must be passed through to reach Kennecott, a destination of tourists seeking access to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Historically, from the end of the road one had to cross the Kennecott River and then a smaller stream using manually propelled ropeways, but a footbridge was built in the 1990s. Visitors can walk to McCarthy in about 15 minutes, although shuttle vans and buses are available during the tourist season from the bridge to both McCarthy and Kennecott.[2] ClimateMcCarthy has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). {{Weather box|location = McCarthy |single line = Y | Jan record high F = 44 | Feb record high F = 48 | Mar record high F = 56 | Apr record high F = 71 | May record high F = 82 | Jun record high F = 89 | Jul record high F = 88 | Aug record high F = 85 | Sep record high F = 75 | Oct record high F = 72 | Nov record high F = 56 | Dec record high F = 44 | year record high F = 89 | Jan high F = 8.4 | Feb high F = 20.9 | Mar high F = 33.1 | Apr high F = 47.4 | May high F = 60.2 | Jun high F = 69 | Jul high F = 71.4 | Aug high F = 66.4 | Sep high F = 55.7 | Oct high F = 38 | Nov high F = 16.2 | Dec high F = 13 | year high F = 41.6 | Jan low F = -8.9 | Feb low F = -2.2 | Mar low F = 2.6 | Apr low F = 20.5 | May low F = 29.9 | Jun low F = 37.8 | Jul low F = 41.5 | Aug low F = 38.4 | Sep low F = 31.4 | Oct low F = 19.1 | Nov low F = -1.4 | Dec low F = -3.6 | year low F = 17.1 | Jan record low F = -55 | Feb record low F = -49 | Mar record low F = -41 | Apr record low F = -21 | May record low F = 10 | Jun record low F = 24 | Jul record low F = 28 | Aug record low F = 18 | Sep record low F = 6 | Oct record low F = -22 | Nov record low F = -46 | Dec record low F = -50 | year record low F = -55 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation inch = 1.12 | Feb precipitation inch = 1.04 | Mar precipitation inch = 0.42 | Apr precipitation inch = 0.24 | May precipitation inch = 0.98 | Jun precipitation inch = 1.67 | Jul precipitation inch = 2.43 | Aug precipitation inch = 2.61 | Sep precipitation inch = 2.73 | Oct precipitation inch = 2.02 | Nov precipitation inch = 1.32 | Dec precipitation inch = 1.99 | year precipitation inch = 18.57 | Jan precipitation days = 9 | Feb precipitation days = 7 | Mar precipitation days = 5 | Apr precipitation days = 3 | May precipitation days = 7 | Jun precipitation days = 12 | Jul precipitation days = 13 | Aug precipitation days = 16 | Sep precipitation days = 15 | Oct precipitation days = 11 | Nov precipitation days = 10 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | Jan snow inch = 12.6 | Feb snow inch = 9 | Mar snow inch = 5.4 | Apr snow inch = 2.4 | May snow inch = 0.5 | Jun snow inch = 0 | Jul snow inch = 0 | Aug snow inch = 0 | Sep snow inch = 2.4 | Oct snow inch = 9.6 | Nov snow inch = 13.8 | Dec snow inch = 12.6 | year snow inch = 68.2 |source 1 = [3] |date=November 2015 }} Demographics{{US Census population|1920= 127 |1930= 115 |1940= 49 |1990= 25 |2000= 42 |2010= 28 |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[4] }} McCarthy first reported on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. With the closure of the post office in 1943,[5] it did not report on the census from 1950-80. It returned again beginning in 1990 when it was made a census-designated place (CDP). As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 42 people, 26 households, and 6 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 0.3 people per square mile (0.1/km²). There were 47 housing units at an average density of 0.3/sq mi (0.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% White. There were 26 households out of which 15.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 15.4% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 73.1% were non-families. 53.8% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.62 and the average family size was 2.14. In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 9.5% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 47.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 147.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 153.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $17,188, and the median income for a family was $20,000. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,045. There were no families and 15.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 65. HistoryFor centuries, Athabascans hunted in the area of McCarthy. Chief Nikolai and his band of Athabaskan Natives had a summer camp at Dan Creek, 15 miles east of McCarthy, where they collected copper nuggets from Dan Creek. Their permanent camp was on the Copper River at the village of Taral near Chitina where they fished for salmon. Copper was discovered between the Kennicott Glacier and McCarthy Creek in 1900, after which Kennicott Mine, Kennecott Mining Company, and company town of Kennecott were created. Due to a clerical error, the corporation and town used the spelling of Kennecott instead of Kennicott, named for Kennicott Glacier in the valley below the town. The glacier was named after Robert Kennicott, a naturalist who explored in Alaska in the mid-1800s. Partly because alcoholic beverages and prostitution were forbidden in Kennecott, McCarthy grew as an area to provide illicit services not available in the company town. It grew quickly into a major town with a gymnasium, a hospital, a school, a bar and a brothel. The Copper River and Northwestern Railway reached McCarthy in 1911. In 1938, the copper deposits were mostly gone and the town was mostly abandoned. The railroad discontinued service that year. Over its 30-year operation, U.S. $200 million in ore was extracted from the mine, making it the richest concentration of copper ore in the world. The population of McCarthy and Kennecott fell to almost zero until the 1970s, when the area began to draw young people from the many who came to Alaska in the '70s for adventure and the big money of the Trans Alaska Pipeline project. In the '80s, after the area was designated Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (1980), it began to draw some adventurous tourists to the new national park. The few people that lived there began to provide a variety of tourist services. There has always been at least one family living in the McCarthy area since 1953. The old mine buildings, artifacts, and colorful history attract visitors during the summer months. The Kennecott and McCarthy area ranks as one of the United States' most endangered landmarks by the National Trust for Historic Places. Emergency stabilization of the old buildings has been done and more will be required. In 2014, the TV show Edge of Alaska premiered on Discovery Channel.[7] The show has caused controversy though, as many town residents feel the town is portrayed in a bad light due to the troublesome incidents that have occurred there. 1983 shootingIn an attempt to disrupt the Alaska pipeline,[8] 39-year-old Louis D. Hastings, armed with a .223-caliber Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle,[9] murdered six of the 22 citizens of McCarthy on March 1, 1983. The victims were Maxine Edwards, Harley King, Les and Flo Hegland, and Tim and Amy Nash.[8] He also wounded two people. In July 1984, Hastings was sentenced to 634 years in prison.[10] This case, and the town of McCarthy, were showcased on the Discovery Channel's Alaska Ice Cold Killers episode "Frozen Terror".[11] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Staff|year=2007|chapter= McCarthy Road|title=The Milepost|edition=59th|location=Augusta, Georgia|publisher=Morris Communications|page=487|isbn=9781892154217}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak5757 |title=MCCARTHY 3 SW, AK (505757) |accessdate=November 19, 2015 |publisher=Western Regional Climate Center }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}} 5. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22Agaligamute%22&source=bl&ots=Tzy-F6Dup7&sig=B81GmrTlcKv3jtL_iWMYTwV3FSo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj69sDB-MLUAhXD2T4KHTt1Dc0Q6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=mccarthy&f=false 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=September 11, 2013 |df= }} 7. ^http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/edge-of-alaska 8. ^1 {{cite news | title=McCarthy killer gets 634 years | last=Kizzia | first=Tom | newspaper=Anchorage Daily News | date=July 28, 1984 | pages=a–1, a–16 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NAEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gqcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2254%2C6382405 | archive-url=https://archive.is/20130124164537/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NAEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gqcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2254,6382405 | archive-date=January 24, 2013 | accessdate=August 13, 2012 | via=Google News Archive | deadurl=yes}} 9. ^{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | title=Weapon list found in mass murder case | newspaper=The Gainesville Sun | date=March 10, 1983 | page=3A | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ajxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6534%2C3165602 | accessdate=August 13, 2012 | via=Google News Archive}} 10. ^{{cite news | title=Killer of six Alaskans gets a 634-year term | newspaper=The New York Times | agency=United Press International | date=July 30, 1984 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/30/us/killer-of-six-alaskans-gets-a-634-year-term.html | accessdate=August 13, 2012}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/alaska-ice-cold-killers-neighbor-turned-mad-man/|title=Discovery - Official Site|website=www.discovery.com}}
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