Allakaket, Alaska

Allakaket Aalaa Kkaakk’et
City
Aerial view of Allakaket
Allakaket Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 66°33′48″N 152°38′50″W / 66.56333°N 152.64722°W / 66.56333; -152.64722Coordinates: 66°33′48″N 152°38′50″W / 66.56333°N 152.64722°W / 66.56333; -152.64722
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Yukon-Koyukuk
Incorporated	1975
Government
• Mayor	Valerie Bergman
• State senator	Donny Olson (D)
• State rep.	Dean Westlake (D)
Area
• Total	4.3 sq mi (11.2 km2)
• Land	3.6 sq mi (9.3 km2)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2)
Elevation	400 ft (122 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	105
Time zone	Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9)
• Summer (DST)	AKDT (UTC-8)
ZIP code	99720
Area code	907
FIPS code	02-01860

Allakaket (/æləˈkækᵻt/ al-ə-KAK-ət) (Aalaa Kkaakk’et in Koyukon) is a 2nd Class City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 105 at the 2010 census.

Several Native groups have lived in the area, including Koyukon Athabascans and Kobuk, Selawik, and Nunamiut Eskimos from the north and northwest. The Koyukon lived in several camps throughout the year, moving as the seasons changed, following the wild game and fish. The various bands established joint settlements after 1851. The old site of Alatna was a traditional trading center for Athabascans and Eskimos.

The first mission on the Koyukuk River, St. John's-in-the-Wilderness Episcopal Mission, was established in 1906. A post office was opened in 1925. In 1938, the name of the community was changed to Allakaket (the old name for the mission), and the name Alatna was assumed by the small Eskimo community across the river. The first public school was established in 1957. A flood caused by ice jamming inundated 85% of the community in the Spring of 1964. In 1975, the community incorporated as a City, including both settlements of Allakaket and Alatna. A clinic and airport were built in 1978. A new school and community roads were built in 1979. In September 1994, flood waters destroyed and swept away nearly all of the community's buildings, homes, and food caches for the winter. Residents rebuilt near the old City site, but some new homes and facilities are now located outside of the incorporated City boundaries. New Allakaket and Alatna are located outside of the City limits.