Place:Kasilof, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States

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NameKasilof
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates60.335°N 151.234°W
Located inKenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States
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Kasilof ( ; Dena'ina: Ggasilat) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 525, down from 549 in 2010.

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In 1786 a detachment of Russians employed by the Lebedev-Lastochkin Company built an artel at the location of modern Kasilof for fishing operations. While it likely received expansions, it "never played a significant role in the history of the Russian colonies." An agricultural settlement of Dena'ina people grew up around the stockade. During the establishment of the Russian-American Company, a fur monopoly in Russian America, the assets of the LLC were liquidated. The area became known as Kasilof after the Kasilof River in the 1800s. A partial excavation of the area in 1937 found 31 well-preserved houses from the settlement. most residents are non-Native.

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