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History · Akiachak

Akiachak’s post office opened in 1934

Most of Akiachak was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1954 on, and the census since 1890.

1934first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Akiachak’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Akiachak began

When was Akiachak founded?

1934

The Akiachak post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 43 in 18902020 census: 67792 years
Founding year: the first Akiachak post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Akiachak’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Akiachak’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Akiachak, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Akiachak yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Akiachak (ACK-ee-uh-chuck; Central Yupik: Akiacuaq) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 677 in the 2020 census, up from 627 in 2010, and 585 in 2000.

Its first post office opened in 1934. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 627 to 677 (+8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Akiachak, 1934 to 1998

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1934Post officeThe Akiachak post office opens
  3. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1998In the archiveUntitled photo
By decade

Akiachak, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1990s1 item
Untitled photo1998Untitled photo
Today5 recent
Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiachak 161203-Z-FC240-00032016Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiach…Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiachak 161203-Z-FC240-00022016Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiach…Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiachak 161203-Z-FC240-00012016Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiach…Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiachak 151203-Z-FC240-00062016Alaska National Guard spreads holiday cheer in Akiach…Alaska National Guard2016Alaska National Guard
On the map

Akiachak on the map in 1954

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Akiachak.

Akiachak on the 1954 USGS map1954Bethel D-7 sheet · 1:63,360

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Akiachak.

People over time

Akiachak, census by census

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Grew from 43 people in 1890 to 677 in 2020, more than tenfold.

11 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Akiachak’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Akiachak

Nobody well known was born in Akiachak itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Don PageCanadian physicist · b. 1948
Olga MichaelAmerican midwife, priest wife and Saint · b. 1916
Lyman HoffmanAmerican politician · b. 1950
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Nora GuinnAmerican judge · b. 1920
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Victor Oluwatosin AjayiEducationalist and Scientist · b. 1934
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Sonya Kelliher-CombsIñupiaq and Athabascan artist · b. 1969

Questions about Akiachak’s history

What year was Akiachak founded?

The Akiachak post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.