Kern
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 60.907, -149.078
Why it was abandoned
📉 Economic decline
Detected automatically from the text: Kern is a former settlement on the Turnagain Arm in Alaska and a flagstop for the Alaska Railroad, about 71 miles (114 km) north of Seward, and 13 miles (21 km) east of Sunrise, Alaska.
History
Kern is a former settlement on the Turnagain Arm in Alaska and a flagstop for the Alaska Railroad, about 71 miles (114 km) north of Seward, and 13 miles (21 km) east of Sunrise, Alaska. Kern was located near Kern Creek. In 1914 it was the end of the track of the Alaska Northern Railroad, after which it was purchased by the United States government.