Imokhtegokshuk
A historical populated place in Nome (CA) County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
on N coast of Norton Sound, 1 mi. NE of Cape Nome, Seward Peninsula High.
GNIS historical note
Site of an Eskimo village shown as above by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 U. S. Census; listed in Petroff's text (p. 11) as "Imokhtagokshuk" with a population of 30.
Also recorded as
- Imokhtagokshuk
- Imokhtegokshuk
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1894843. 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.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.