Dillingham
Dillingham (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1401203
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Original USGS record for Dillingham ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 05/13/2010 · NAD83 · approximate source location
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population 424, on S coast of Snag Point at head of Nushagak Bay, 360 mi. SW of Anchorage, Bristol Bay Low.
Named in 1904 for William Paul Dillingham, 1843-1923, Governor of Vermont, 1888-90 and U.S. Senator, 1903-23. In 1903, Dillingham conducted an extensive tour with his Senate subcommittee through Alaska. This was the first comprehensive investigation of Alaska by a Congressional committee, and Senators Dillingham and Nelson became for many years the Senate's authorities on Alaska. This location was originally occupied by a Eskimo village recorded as "Ah-lek-nug-uk," by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 Census and as "Kanakanak" in the 1890 Census; it was also known as "Chogim." The post office of Killingham was extablished on Snag Point in 1904, (Ricks, 1965, p. "Nelsonville," 3 miles to the SW. About 1944 the name "Dillingham" was transferred to this site. Dillingham is now the principal settlement and sourc e
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