Bluff, Alaska

Bluff Iġukuchiq, Iġukusiq, Iruk'uciq
Ghost Town
Road House Saloon, Bluff City, Alaska, photograph by Beverly Bennett Dobbs
Bluff Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 64°34′22″N 163°45′15″W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Nome
Elevation	59 ft (18 m)
Time zone	UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code	99762
Area code	907
FIPS code	02-08445
GNIS feature ID	1399220

Bluff, also known as Agookauchuk (Inupiaq: Iġukuchiq or Iġukusiq; Yup'ik: Iruk'uciq), was a 20th-century mining town in Nome Census Area, Alaska. It was built at the mouth of Daniels Creek on the north shore of Norton Sound on the Seward Peninsula in the summer of 1900, as a result of the Nome Gold Rush.[1][2] The town was located 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Nome.[3] The settlement was served by a post office for eighteen years, from 1901 to 1919.[4]

64°34′22″N 163°45′15″W

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1940	19		—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Bluff appeared once on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village.[6] It has not appeared since. A few buildings are still extant at the townsite.[7]

References

1. "Domestic Names | U.S. Geological Survey". Usgs.gov. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
2. "Geological Survey Professional Paper". U.S. Government Printing Office. January 31, 1949. p. 49. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Google Books.
3. "Bluff, Alaska". Alaskagoldrush.info. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
4. "Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
5. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
6. "Alaska" (PDF). 2.census.gov. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
7. "64°34'20.5"N 163°45'26.5"W · Nome, AK". Google.com. Retrieved January 31, 2022.