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History of Ketchikan

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Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town. "Ketchikan" comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning of which is unclear. It may mean "the river belonging to Kitschk"; other accounts claim it means "Thundering Wings of an Eagle". In modern Tlingit this name is rendered as Kichx̱áan.

Ketchikan uses two ZIP codes, 99901, and 99950, which is the largest number used as a ZIP code. Ketchikan has the world's largest collection of

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