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Gambell is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 649. Nome Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ...
Geography
Gambell Alaska is located at 63°46′34″N, 171°42′3″W (63.776098, -171.700889)GR1. It is one of the most remote towns in Alaska. Image File history File links AKMap-doton-Gambell. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ...
Gambell is located on the northwest cape of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, 325 km (200 miles) southwest of Nome. It is 58 km (36 miles) from the Chukchi Peninsula in the Russian Far East. St. ...
Satellite photo of the Bering Sea Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean Bearing Sea with Kamchatka Peninsula and Alaska The Bering (or Imarpik) Sea is a body of water north of, and separated from, the north Pacific Ocean by the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands. ...
Aerial view of the harbor in Nome Nome is a city located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast of Norton Sound in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. ...
The Chukchi Peninsula, Chukotski Peninsula or Chukotsk Peninsula, at about 66° North, 169° East, is the northeastern extremity of Asia. ...
Far Eastern Federal District (highlighted in red) Russian Far East (Russian: ДÌальний ВоÑÑ‚Ìок РоÑÑÌии; English transliteration: Dalny Vostok Rossii) is an informal term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 78.6 km² (30.4 mi²). 28.2 km² (10.9 mi²) of it is land and 50.4 km² (19.5 mi²) of it (64.10%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...
A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 649 people, 159 households, and 121 families residing in the city. The population density was 23.0/km² (59.5/mi²). There were 187 housing units at an average density of 6.6/km² (17.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 3.54% White, 95.69% Native American, 0.46% Asian, and 0.31% from two or more races. 0.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...
It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...
It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...
It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...
It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...
There were 159 households out of which 51.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 0.6% had someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.08 and the average family size was 4.82.
In the city the population was spread out with 38.5% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 132.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 143.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,458, and the median income for a family was $30,625. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $22,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $8,764. 28.5% of the population and 30.6% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.6% were under the age of 18 and 33.3% were 65 or older.
History Sivuqaq is the Yupik language name for St. Lawrence Island and for Gambell. It has also been called Chibuchack and Sevuokok. The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan language, Yupik, are indigenous or aboriginal peoples who live along the coast of western Alaska, especially on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta and along the Kuskokwim River (Central Alaskan Yupik), in southern Alaska (the Alutiiq) and in the Russian Far East and St. ...
St. Lawrence Island has been inhabited sporadically for the past 2,000 years by both Alaskan Yup'ik and Siberian Yupik people. In the 1700s and 1800s, the island had a population of about 4,000. The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan language, Yupik, are indigenous or aboriginal peoples who live along the coast of western Alaska, especially on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta and along the Kuskokwim River (Central Alaskan Yupik), in southern Alaska (the Alutiiq) and in the Russian Far East and St. ...
Siberian Yupik are an indigenous people who reside along the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in the far northeast of the Russian Federation and the St. ...
In 1887, the Reformed Episcopal Church of America decided to open a mission on St. Lawrence Island. That year a carpenter, lumber and tools were left at Sivuqaq by a ship. The carpenter worked with local Yupik to build a wood building, the first they had ever seen. When the building was finished, the carpenter left the keys to the door with a local chief and departed. Since the carpenter had not spoken Yupik, the residents did not know the purpose of the building. The Reformed Episcopal Church is an Anglican church in the United States and Canada. ...
Between 1878 and 1880 a famine decimated the island's population. Many who did not starve left. The remaining population of St. Lawrence Island was nearly all Siberian Yupik.
The Reformed Episcopal Church had not been able to find missionaries willing to live on St. Lawrence Island, so the building built for the mission was left unoccupied. In 1890, the building was acquired by Sheldon Jackson. He spoke to the Reverend Vene and Nellie Gambell, of Wapello, Iowa, about moving to St. Lawrence Island. Gambell was hired as a schoolteacher and the Gambells came to the island in 1894. Thet had a daughter in 1897. Nellie Gambell became ill and the Gambells spent the winter of 1897-1898 in the United States, where Nellie was hospitalized. In the spring of 1898 they embarked on a return journey to St. Lawrence Island on the ship Lady Jane Grey. The ship sank in a storm and 43 people on it drowned, including the Gambells and their daughter. Sheldon Jackson was an early missionary and political leader in Alaska during the late 1880s and early 1900s. ...
Wapello is a city in Louisa County, Iowa, United States. ...
After their death, Sivuqaq was renamed Gambell to honor the Gambells.
Gambell and Savoonga received joint title to most of the land on St. Lawrence Island under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. Savoonga is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska, one of two on St Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. ...
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law on December 18, 1971, and the largest land claims settlement in United States history was concluded. ...
Education Gambell is served by the Bering Strait School District. Gambell School serves grades Pre-K through 12. Bering Strait School District (BSSD) is located in Northwestern Alaska and serves approximately 1700 students in grades K-12 in 15 isolated villages. ...
External links - Maps and aerial photos for 63°46′34″N 171°42′03″W / 63.776098, -171.700889Coordinates: 63°46′34″N 171°42′03″W / 63.776098, -171.700889
- Gambell Presbyterian Church with description of the village
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