About Loring
Loring is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Alaska.
Loring holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.55 square miles.
📰 Loring News Today
- Can family traditions make it harder to quit eating meat? Your Alaska Link · Aug 3
- Trevor Loring Williams Obituary (2026) - Port Townsend, WA - Bradley-Kosec Funeral Home & Crematory Legacy obituary · May 18
- John Taylor Obituary - San Antonio, TX Dignity Memorial · Apr 3
- AK: Museum Moving Alaska Public Media · Oct 4
- A famous painter happened to be aboard for an 1889 shipwreck in Southeast Alaska Anchorage Daily News · Mar 20
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Loring Unique
- The only place in America named Loring — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
- Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
- Positioned in southeastern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 2+ neighboring communities within 20 miles.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Loring
- Settlers Cove reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateAlaska
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area0.55 sq mi
Coordinates55.6067, -131.6400