KASILOF HISTORY

Location and Climate

Kasilof is located on the east shore of Cook Inlet on the Kenai Peninsula. It lies on the Sterling Highway, 12 miles south of the City of Kenai. Kasilof is located in the Kenai Recording District.  The area encompasses 10.4 sq. miles of land and 0.2 sq. miles of water.  Winter temperatures range from 14 to 27; summer temperatures vary from 45 to 65. Average annual precipitation is 24 inches

Kasilof was an agricultural settlement of Kenaitze Indians, which grew around a stockade built by the Russian Kolomin of the Lebedef-Lastochkin Company. A partial excavation of the area in 1937 found 31 well-preserved houses.

6.2% of the population are Alaska Native or part Native.  Kasilof is a geographic location on the Kenai Peninsula, rather than a community. Most residents are non-Native.

During the 2000 U.S. Census, there were 208 total housing units, and 28 were vacant. 20 of these vacant housing units are used only seasonally. 181 residents were employed. The unemployment rate at that time was 0%, although 48.14% of all adults were not in the work force. The median household income was $43,929, per capita income was $21,211, and 26.42% of residents were living below the poverty level.