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Named locality · AK

Unga

Aleutians East · USGS GNIS name record 1419430

Approximate USGS name location · 55.1841, -160.5050. This marker does not show a neighborhood boundary.
A place to beginThis source identifies a name and an approximate location. It supplies no neighborhood boundary, population estimate or assurance of current habitation.
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USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.

Original USGS record for Unga

Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 04/14/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location

USGS description & history

population 43, on Delarof Harbor, on SE Coast of Unga I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range

Aleut village reported as "Ougnagok" by F. P. Lutke in 1836. According to Petroff (1884, p. 35) Father Ioann Veniaminov called it "Delarov" in 1833. See Delarof Harbor. The population was 116 in 1833; 185 in 1880; 159 in 1890; 108 in 1910; 313 in 1920; 150 in 1930; 152 in 1939; and 107 in 1950. The "Ounga" post office, established in 1888; changed its name to Unga in 1894; discontinued in 1958 (Ricks, 1965, p. 49, 68).

Source notes may describe earlier conditions.
Source files & checksums
USGS GNIS · HistoricalFeatures

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USGS GNIS · FeatureDescriptionHistory

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USGS GNIS · PopulatedPlaces

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