population of skagway alaska
Klondike Gold Rush By March 1898, residents boasted that Skagway was the Metropolis of Alaska and the most prosperous town on the North Pacific Coast. A population estimate reported 8,000 residents during the spring of 1898 with approximately 1,000 stampeders passing through town each week. By June 1898, with a population estimated at between 8,800 and 10,000, Skagway was the largest city in Alaska. Skagway's settlers were anxious to set up stores to sell supplies and services to their neighbors and stampeders.