Koyukuk, Alaska
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Koyukuk Meneelghaadze’ T’oh |
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| City | |
 Location of Koyukuk, Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 64°52′54″N 157°42′16″W / 64.88167°N 157.70444°WCoordinates: 64°52′54″N 157°42′16″W / 64.88167°N 157.70444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Yukon-Koyukuk |
| Incorporated | September 25, 1973 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Agnes S. Dayton |
| • State senator | Donald Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | Neal Foster (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.3 sq mi (16.3 km2) |
| • Land | 6.2 sq mi (16.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 91 |
| • Density | 16.2/sq mi (6.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP code | 99754 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-42050 |
Koyukuk (Meneelghaadze’ T’oh in Koyukon) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 101.
As of 2009[update], Koyukuk is one of a number of Alaskan communities threatened by erosion.
The Koyukon Athabascans had seasonal camps and moved when the wild game migrated. There were 12 summer fish camps located on the Yukon River between the Koyukuk River and the Nowitna River. Trading between the Koyukon and Inupiat of the Kobuk River area has occurred before the arrival of Europeans.
After the Alaska Purchase, a United States military telegraph line was constructed along the north side of the Yukon River and Koyukuk became the site of a telegraph station. A trading post opened around 1880, just before the gold rush of 1884-85. Steamboats on the Yukon, which supplied gold prospectors ran before and after 1900 with 46 boats in operation on the river in the peak year of 1900. A measles epidemic and food shortages during 1900 reduced the population of the area by one-third.
The first school in Koyukuk was constructed in 1939. After the school was built, families began to live at Koyukuk year-round.
Koyukuk was used as an Iditarod checkpoint in 2015 when the race was rerouted from Fairbanks.
Koyukuk is located at 64°52′54″N 157°42′16″W / 64.881745°N 157.704393°W.
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