White Mountain
Nome (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1411989
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Original USGS record for White Mountain ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 10/20/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
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population 151, on left bank of Fish River, 15 mi. NW of Golovin and 33 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.
Established in 1899 when C. D. Lane put up a large warehouse as headquarters for the supplies he intended to use on his numerous gold claims i n the Council district (North American Transportation and Trading Company, 1900, p 25). The name was derived from the mountain on its north side. Colby (1939, p. 363) referred to this as a fishing villaage with a population of 205 . A post office was established in 1932 and continues today (Ricks, 1965, p. 70-71). The population was 198 in 1920; 205 in 1930; 199 in 1939; 129 in 1950; and 151 in 1960, of whom 119 were Eskimo. See Ekathlimute.
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