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Gustavus is a second-class city in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, on the outwash plain at the mouth of Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.

The 2020 census counted 655 residents in 302 households in Gustavus, a 48 percent increase over the 442 recorded in 2010, making it one of the fastest-growing communities in Alaska.

Gustavus was formerly called Strawberry Point, and the name Gustavus was adopted in 1925 when the U.S. Post Office required a change for its new post office, taking the name from Point Gustavus at the mouth of Glacier Bay.

The first permanent homestead at Gustavus was established in 1917, when Abraham Lincoln Parker moved his family to Strawberry Point, and many residents are descendants and relatives of the original Parker homesteaders.

Gustavus was a census-designated place from 1980 until its status was changed to an incorporated city in 2004.

Gustavus is surrounded on three sides by Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and bordered by water on the fourth, and it serves as the gateway community for the national park.

The Salmon River runs through Gustavus, crossed by the paved road out to Glacier Bay National Park, and coho salmon and Dolly Varden are commonly caught in the river.

Gustavus is not connected to the contiguous highway system, and Gustavus Airport and the Alaska Marine Highway ferry provide access to the outside world.

Tourism and commercial fishing are the mainstays of the Gustavus economy, with salmon and halibut the primary commercial catch.

The town's hardware and grocery store is called ToshCo, named after its owner, and most of its inventory comes from Costco in Juneau.