Land Market Insights and Pricing in Petersburg Borough, Alaska

Founded more than a century ago by Norwegian fishermen, Petersburg Borough bills itself Alaska's "Little Norway." The county's namesake, Peter Buschmann, was a Norwegian immigrant who arrived here in the 1890s and set about building a cannery, sawmill and dock at the north end of Mitkof Island. The cannery has been in continuous operation since that time and today Petersburg is one of Alaska's most vibrant fishing communities. The current cannery operator, Petersburg Fisheries, employs over 500 people and processes seafood products like Alaskan King crab, Dungeness crab, halibut, herring and salmon for shipment to markets throughout the world. The combined value of farmsand rural real estate for sale in Alaska's Petersburg Borough recently on Land.com was around $7 million. This represents approximately 1,000 acres of farms and rural land for sale in Petersburg Borough. Petersburg Borough ranks eighth out of zero counties in the state for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Petersburg featured the most land for sale.