Crow Village, Alaska
| Crow Village | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Crow Village
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| Coordinates: 61°34′15″N 159°47′00″W / 61.57083°N 159.78333°WCoordinates: 61°34′15″N 159°47′00″W / 61.57083°N 159.78333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census area | Bethel |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Lyman Hoffman (D) |
| • State rep. | Zach Fansler (D) |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1894033 |
Crow Village is an unincorporated community on the Kuskokwim River in the U.S. state of Alaska. There are six residents. As of the 2010 census, it became a Census Designated Place (CDP).
Crow Village is located in the Bethel Census Area on the north bank of the Kuskokwim River 6.5 miles (10.5 km) by river west of Aniak, just downstream from where the Crow Village Slough flows back into the Kuskokwim River. Crow Village is 86 miles (138 km) northeast of Bethel.
Crow Village was originally called Tulukarugmiut (Tulukaghogamiut) by the native Yup'ik population, which roughly translates as "Raven Village People". It is widely believed to be named that after the boisterous raven population native to the nearby bluff. It has also been called Tulukagnag, Toolooka-anahamute, Tuluka and Tulukagangamiut by various explorers and historians; however it is now referred to as Crow Village.
Evidence shows that Kuskokwim Yup'ik (Kuskowagamiut) began migrating inland from the Bering Sea up the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers around 500 years ago. The first recorded history of Crow Village was in 1843 by Lt. Lavrenty Zagoskin who was dispatched by the Russian Navy to conduct reconnaissance in the Alaska Interior for potential forts and trading posts. He traveled to the Kuskokwim River traveling by boat to Bristol Bay, then portaging across several rivers and entering the Kuskokwim through the headwaters of the Hoholitna. He described the village at that time as one of the two main villages on the Kuskokwim with a year-round population of approximately 100. This village moved up and down the bank with changes in the river's course and appeared in the 1880 census which was the first census accounting for Alaska population following the Alaska Purchase in 1867. That census was completed by Ivan Petrof and listed Crow Village as Toolooka-anahamute with a population of 59.
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