Koyuk
Nome (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1404981
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Original USGS record for Koyuk ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 02/15/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
population 129, on right bank at mouth of Koyuk River, 31 mi. NW of Christmas Mtn., Seward Peninsula High.
Eskimo village reported in 1942-44 by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who recorded its name as "Kvynkhak-,iut," meaning "Kvynkhak people." Baron Otto von Bendeleben, Western Union Telegraph Expedition, wrote the name "Konyukmute" in 1865. The village became a supply center for local mining, and a trading station, called "Norton Bay Station," was established about 1900. A post office was established in 1930. The population in 1930 was 110.
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