Bluff, also known as Agookauchuk (InupiaqIġukuchiq or Iġukusiq; Yup'ik: Iruk'uciq), was a 20th-century mining town in Nome Census Area, Alaska. It was built at the mouth of Daniels Creek on the north shore of Norton Sound on the Seward Peninsula in the summer of 1900, as a result of the Nome Gold Rush.[1][2] The town was located 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Nome.[3] The settlement was served by a post office for eighteen years, from 1901 to 1919.[4]

Bluff
Iġukuchiq, Iġukusiq, Iruk'uciq
Ghost Town
Road House Saloon, Bluff City, Alaska, photograph by Beverly Bennett Dobbs
Road House Saloon, Bluff City, Alaska, photograph by Beverly Bennett Dobbs
Bluff is located in Alaska
Bluff
Bluff
Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 64°34′22″N 163°45′15″W / 64.57278°N 163.75417°W / 64.57278; -163.75417
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughNome
Elevation
59 ft (18 m)
Time zoneUTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code
99762
Area code907
FIPS code02-08445
GNIS feature ID1399220

64°34′22″N 163°45′15″W / 64.57278°N 163.75417°W / 64.57278; -163.75417

Demographics

edit
Historical population
CensusPop.Note
194019
U.S. Decennial Census[5]


Bluff appeared once on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village.[6] It has not appeared since. A few buildings are still extant at the townsite.[7]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Domestic Names | U.S. Geological Survey". Usgs.gov. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. ^ "Geological Survey Professional Paper". U.S. Government Printing Office. January 31, 1949. p. 49. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Bluff, Alaska". Alaskagoldrush.info. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  4. ^ "Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  5. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "Alaska" (PDF). 2.census.gov. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  7. ^ "64°34'20.5"N 163°45'26.5"W · Nome, AK". Google.com. Retrieved January 31, 2022.