
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/LocalGovernmentResourceDesk/MunicipalGovernment/CityIncorporation.aspx

Another limitation in state law on the creation of a new city concerns the possibility of receiving services through annexation to an existing city. If annexation is viable, a new city cannot be formed.

In addition to need for a city government, a proposed city must also have enough of an economy to support the proposed city government. Also, the population of the community must be large and stable enough. A community must have at least 400 permanent residents to be approved for incorporation as a first class or home-rule city. The boundaries of the proposed city must also meet the standards in the law.

Residents of unincorporated communities in the unorganized borough often have an easier test to show a need for a city government.

Whale pass; incorporated 2016; ~70 voters?
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/localboundarycommission/currentpetitions/2016IncorporationPetitionforaSecondClassCityofWhalePass.aspx
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/4/pub/LBC/3_2_16%20Whale%20Pass%20Petition.pdf

