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Tikchik

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

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

Location Record

Name
Tikchik
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Dillingham (CA) County
USGS Map
Dillingham D-7 NE
Coordinates
59.9833333, -158.3666667
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GNIS Feature ID
1896966

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 shore of Tikchik Lake, E of Tikchik River and 65 mi. N of Dillingham, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.

GNIS historical note

Eskimo village reported with a population of 38 by Ivan Petroff in the 10th Census in 1880; recorded as "Tuk-shik-ha-mut" on a 1910 manuscript map by H. C. Fasset, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF).

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1896966. 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.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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