McGrath
Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1406131
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Original USGS record for McGrath ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 02/15/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
population 241, on left bank of Kuskokwim River opposite junction of Takotna River, Kuskokwim Low.
A small trading post was established here in the spring of 1907 for the new diggings on the Innoko River. The town was named for Peter McGrath, U.S. Deputy Marshall for the area who established headquarters here the same year. A post office was established in 1913. Its population in 1920 was 90; in 1930, 112; in 1940, 138; and in 1950, 175. The original townsite, now called "Old McGrath" was on the right bank of the river.
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