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Binajoaksmiut

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

A historical populated place in Bethel (CA) County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Binajoaksmiut
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Bethel (CA) County
USGS Map
Cape Mendenhall D-5 SE
Coordinates
59.8502778, -166.5058333
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GNIS Feature ID
1399039

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

on left bank of mouth of Binajoaksmiut River, 12 mi. NW of Cape Mendenhall, Nunivak I.

GNIS historical note

Eskimo fishing village, now abandoned; reported in 1932 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). name as "Paimiut" meaning "river mouth people."

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1399039. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.