Koyukuk, Alaska
City in the United States in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
About Koyukuk
Koyukuk () (Koyukon: Meneelghaadze’ T’oh [məniːlʁæːt͡səʔ tʼoh]) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Koyukuk had a population of 98.
As of 2009, Koyukuk is one of a number of Alaskan communities threatened by erosion.
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How Koyukuk is governed
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Residents of Koyukuk
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Mayor
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Population over time
From 96 in 2010 to 98 in 2020 (+2.1%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 98 |
| 2010 | 96 |
History
The Koyukon Athabascans had seasonal camps and moved when the wild game migrated. There were 12 summer fish camps located on the Yukon River between the Koyukuk River and the Nowitna River. Trading between the Koyukon and Inupiat of the Kobuk River area has occurred before the arrival of Europeans.
After the Alaska Purchase, a United States military telegraph line was constructed along the north side of the Yukon River and Koyukuk became the site of a telegraph station. A trading post opened around 1880, just before the gold rush of 1884–85. Steamboats on the Yukon, which supplied gold prospectors ran before and after 1900 with 46 boats in operation on the river in the peak year of 1900. A measles epidemic and food shortages during 1900 reduced the population of the area by one-third.
The first school in Koyukuk was constructed in 1939. After the school was built, families began to live at Koyukuk year-round.
Koyukuk was used as an Iditarod checkpoint in 2015 when the race was rerouted from Fairbanks.
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