Vagitchitchate
A historical populated place in Yukon-Koyukuk (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
near mouth of Innoko River, at or near Railroad City, Innoko Low
GNIS historical note
Former Indian village or camp published on Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin's 1850 map (Hodge, 1910, p. 879).
Also recorded as
- Kushichagat
- Vashichagat
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1897183. 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.