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Unalakleet is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 747. Unalakleet is known in the region and around Alaska for its King Salmon and King Crab harvests; the residents rely heavily on caribou, ptarmigan, oogruk and various salmon species. Unalakleet is also known for its aesthetic value, as it resides right next to the Bering Sea, immediately next to a large, clean river (Unalakleet River) and has trees, tundra and hills behind it. As a result of its renowned fishing and beauty, it is a place where Alaskans and tourists visit frequently. Image File history File links AKMap-doton-Unalakleet. ...
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The Unalakleet River in Alaska empties out into Norton Sound, adjacent to the town of Unalakleet. ...
Geography Unalakleet is located at 63°52′44″N, 160°47′23″W (63.878907, -160.789680)[1].
Unalakleet is located on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea at the mouth of the Unalakleet River, 238 km (148 miles) southeast of Nome. The Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea in western Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. ...
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The Unalakleet River in Alaska empties out into Norton Sound, adjacent to the town of Unalakleet. ...
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. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13.3 km²), of which, 2.9 square miles (7.4 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²) of it (44.25%) 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. ...
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Demographics As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 747 people, 224 households, and 174 families residing in the city. The population density was 260.5 people per square mile (100.5/km²). There were 242 housing units at an average density of 84.4/sq mi (32.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 11.91% White, 0.27% Black or African American, 85.27% Native American, and 2.54% from two or more races. 0.27% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ...
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There were 224 households out of which 46.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 21.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.82. Matrimony redirects here. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 37.5% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 114.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $42,083, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $41,964 versus $32,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,845. About 12.5% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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History Unalakleet, an adaptation of the Iñupiaq word "Una-la-thliq"(pronounced "You-na-la-thliq") in Inupiaq[3], which means "where the south wind blows". Some Unalakleet residents mistakenly were told it meant "where the east wind blows". The Inupiat or Iñupiaq are the Inuit people of Alaskas Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs and the Bering Straits region. ...
Unalakleet is located at the Norton Sound end of the Unalakleet-Kaltag Portage, an important winter travel route between Norton Sound and the Yukon River. Unalakleet has long been a major trade center between the Athabascans who lived in the interior of Alaska and the Inupiat who lived on the coast. The Russian-American Company built a trading post here at Unalakleet in the 1830s. Reindeer herders from Lapland were brought to Unalakleet to teach sound herding practices in 1898. In 1901, the United States Army Signal Corps built a 975 km (605 mile) telegraph line from St. Michael to Unalakleet. The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. ...
Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family. ...
The Inupiat or Iñupiaq are the Inuit people of Alaskas Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs and the Bering Straits region. ...
The Russian-American Company was a semi-official colonial trading company started by Grigory Shelikhov and Nikolai Rezanov and chartered by tsar Paul I in 1799. ...
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Mushing influence Unalakleet is the first checkpoint on the Norton Sound in the famous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 851 miles from the start in Anchorage. The first musher to reach this checkpoint each year is awarded the Gold Coast Award, which includes $2,500 in gold nuggets. Unalakleet also plays an important role in the Iron Dog race. Aliy Zirkles dog team on Anchorages Fourth Avenue at the start of the 2003 Iditarod. ...
A team of six white, husky-type dogs Mushing also means playing on a MUSH. Mushing also can be used to describe the kneading behavior of domestic cats when they are content or are preparing to settle for a nap. ...
Education The Swedish Covenant Church established a mission in Unalakleet in 1887. The Evangelical Covenant Church later started a boarding high school in 1954. It served students from all over western Alaska until it closed in 1985 due to the changing face of education in the villages of Alaska with the addition of local high schools in all villages. The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 750 congregations in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world. ...
The district office for Bering Strait School District has been located in Unalakleet since 1983. Serving fifteen village schools, the Bering Strait School District covers approximately 50,000 square miles. Bering Strait School District (BSSD) is located in Northwestern Alaska and serves approximately 1700 students in grades K-12 in 15 isolated villages. ...
Unalakleet's local schools include Unalakleet School, a K-12 school that is internally divided into Unalakleet Elementary, Unalakleet Middle School, and Frank A. Degnan High School. The combined school population of Unalakleet Schools is 195, 180 of whom are full or part Alaska Native.
Unalakleet schools has a Gifted & Talented program. The school's students also participate in Academic Decathlon, Battle of the Books, as well as other academic programs.
Transportation Unalakleet is a central hub for outlying villages, providing air cargo and air taxi services and a link to Anchorage. It is served by daily twin turbo-prop airline service to Anchorage by PenAir and Hageland Aviation, as well as daily flights to Nome and outlying villages by Bering Air, Hageland Aviation and Alaska Transportation Service (freight only). This article is about the city in the U.S. state of Alaska. ...
Peninsula Airways, usually called PenAir, (IATA: KS, ICAO: PEN, and Callsign: Peninsula) is an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Founded in 1955 by pilot Orin Seybert of Pilot Point, it is Alaskas largest commuter airline, operating both passenger and cargo service, primarily in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian...
Bering Air is an airline based in Nome, Alaska, USA. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services from Kotzebue and Nome. ...
Unalakleet also has a seafood processing plant for Norton Sound-area fishermen. The Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea in western Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. ...
Trivia - Unalakleet has an Alaska State Troopers station.
- The record amount of 40 pound king salmon caught in one hour off the coast of Unalakleet is 47, a mark set by Harvey Schakowsky and Ron Gonsky in 1983.
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Brevig Mission is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ...
Diomede is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ...
Elim is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ...
Gambell is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. ...
Golovin is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ...
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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. ...
Savoonga is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska, one of two on St Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. ...
Shaktoolik is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ...
Shishmaref is a village located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five miles from the mainland. ...
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