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Kaiakak

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
Kaiakak
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County
USGS Map
Nulato C-5 NE
Coordinates
64.6975550, -158.1491185
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GNIS Feature ID
1894996

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

On right bank of Yukon River, below Nulato; Nulato

GNIS historical note

Former Eskimo village listed with a population of 134 by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 Census.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1894996. 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.