Poorman, Alaska

Poorman
Unincorporated community
Airstrip at Poorman, 1941
Poorman Location within the state of Alaska
Coordinates: 64°5′58″N 155°32′38″W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census area	Yukon-Koyukuk
Government
• State senator	Donald Olson (D)
• State rep.	Neal Foster (R)
Elevation	502 ft (153 m)
Time zone	UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
GNIS feature ID	1408178[1]

Poorman is an unincorporated community in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwin Mountains. It lies along the left bank of Poorman Creek on an unpaved road 44 miles (71 km) south of the city of Ruby on the Yukon River.[2] Its elevation is 502 feet (153 m). Founded as a gold mining camp in 1913, Poorman possessed a post office from 1915 to 1932. The community's name (given for the nearby Poorman Creek) was officially decided by the Board on Geographic Names in 1944.[1]

References

1. "Poorman, Alaska". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 6.