Point Possession, Alaska


Point Possession is a census-designated place on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. As of April 1, 2010, the CDP population was 3. Since 2009 Point Possession has been owned by the federal government and has been made a part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

Geography

The CDP is named for Point Possession, a landform on the northwest side of the Kenai Peninsula that marks the southern side of the mouth of Turnagain Arm into Cook Inlet. The CDP extends from the point southwest along the shore of Cook Inlet to the mouth of the Swanson River, across which is the CDP of Nikiski. The Kenai Spur Highway enters the Point Possession CDP at the Swanson River and shortly dead-ends while still within the Captain Cook State Recreation Area; it leads southwest to the city of Kenai. The rest of the CDP is accessible only via four-wheel-drive roads.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Point Possession CDP has an area of, all of which is recorded as land. While the permanent population is three, the 2010 census counted 214 housing units.