 In 1985, the community was listed as Chisana Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.In 1998 the Chisana Historic Mining Landscape historic district, comprising the community and a wide area located partly in Valdez-Cordova Census Area and partly in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which of it is land and of it is water.