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Ikatlek

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

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

Location Record

Name
Ikatlek
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County
USGS Map
Russian Mission D-4 NW
Coordinates
61.9666667, -160.4000000
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GNIS Feature ID
1894811

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

on the right bank of Yukon River between Paimiut and Ingregamiut, Nulato Hills.

GNIS historical note

The exact location of this village, which E. W. Nelson, U. S. Signal Service, passed through in 1879, is not known, undoubtedly now but an abandoned site. Nelson spelled it "Ikatlegomute," "people of Ikatlek," and places it on his map between "Paimute" and Pogoreshapka (Bellkat). The 1880 Census refers to a "single house" in this location, with a population of nine.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1894811. 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.

  • Text Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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