Aguikchuk, Alaska

Aguikchuk is a former Yup'ik settlement and ghost town in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It was located on east bank of Kolavinarak River.[1] The site is approximately 10 miles east of the city of Nightmute. It was visited by E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service in December 1878, its name reported by him was "Agiukchugamute," that is, "people of Agiukchuk." It was last noted on the census of 1940, although the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) reported in 1949 that the village was abandoned and the site, often used for a fish camp, is now called "Monrak" or "Monroke." However, the 1954 USGS topographical map of Aguikchuk (Baird Inlet quadrangle)[2] showed these as two separate places, with the site of "Monrak" being a mile to the north. Present aerial maps show there is nothing left at the site as of 2019, though it is still labeled as Aguikchuk on Google Maps.

Aguikchuk, Alaska
Ghost Town
Aguikchuk Location in the U.S. state of Alaska
Coordinates: 60°28′28″N 164°26′07″W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Bethel
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Time zone	UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
Area code(s)	907
GNIS feature ID	1893190

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	35		—
1940	65		—
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Aguikchuk[4] first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the Inuit village of "Agiukchugamute" with 35 residents, all Inuit.[5] It did not appear on the census again until 1940, when it reported as Aguikchuk.[6] It has not reported on the census again since.

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Agiukchuk". geonames.usgs.gov.
2. "Data". USGS. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22Agaligamute%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Agiukchuk&f=false Dictionary of Alaska Place Names p.50-51
5. "Statistics" (PDF). Census.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
6. "Statistics" (PDF). Census.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-30.