Mansfield Village, Alaska
Mansfield Village is an abandoned village which lies on the south shore of Lake Mansfield - a 3 mile lake north of the Athabaskan (Native American) community of Tanacross.
The Lake was named by in 1890 by E.H. Wells, of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, for Lt. Cmdr. Henry Buckingham Mansfield, US Navy. Lt. Cmdr. Mansfield was the commander of the USC&GS steamer Patterson which made coast and hydrographic surveys of Alaska waters from 1889 to 1891.
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