Sullivan
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
in Bluestone River basin, at junction of Alder Creek and Gold Run, 15 mi. SE of Teller, Seward Peninsula High.
GNIS historical note
Site of a mining camp which was the center of the Bluestone gold mining region. The Bluestone region was staked in the stampedes of 1899, although gold was not found here until 1900 (Brooks, 1901, p. 131). A post office was established here in 1902 and was discontinued in 1909 (Ricks, 1965, p. 62). In 1907 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that Sullivan "has a summer population of about 50, a post office, and several roadhouses, and is connected with Teller and a landing at the mouth of Tisuk Creek by a regular line of stages" (Collier and others, 1908, p. 59).
Also recorded as
- Sullivan Camp
- Sullivan City
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1896825. 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 1967-12-31 00:00:00 Washington, DC: GPO 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.
- 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.