Bettles
Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1926949
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Original USGS record for Bettles ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 10/22/2018 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Located on the east bank of the Koyukuk River, at the north end of Bettles Airport, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) southwest of Evansville.
The community was originally located just downstream of the junction of John River and the Koyukuk River, 7.2 km (4.5 mi) west of its present location at 665425N1514059W. It was relocated to its present site after World War II, as the Alaska Gold Rush declined and use of the new airstrip increased. The community was incorporated in 1985 and was named for Gordon Bettles, a printer, prospector, and trader who established the original community in 1898.
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