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

Bluff, also known as Agookauchuk (Inupiaq: Iġukuchiq 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]

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

Demographics

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

  1. ↑ "Domestic Names | U.S. Geological Survey". Usgs.gov. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Geological Survey Professional Paper". U.S. Government Printing Office. 31 January 1949. p. 49. Retrieved 31 January 2022 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Bluff, Alaska". Alaskagoldrush.info. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 17 January 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 31 January 2022.


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