Person
Juneau
Alaska (AK)est. 1881pop. 31,685/JOO-noh/
The meaning
“Surname”
How it got the name
The camp was first called Harrisburg for Richard Harris, then Rockwell for a naval officer, before miners voted in 1881 to name it after the other half of the prospecting partnership, Joe Juneau. Three names in two years, decided by a show of hands in a mining camp.
Former names
- Harrisburg
- Rockwell
- Dzantik'i Heeni (Tlingit)
- Juneau