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History · Birch Creek

Half of Birch Creek’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Birch Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1940.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Birch Creek’s past

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Birch Creek, in brief

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

Birch Creek (Łiteet'aii in Gwich’in) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Birch Creek had a population of 35.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 33 to 35 (+6%).

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

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On the map

Birch Creek on the map in 1956

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Birch Creek.

Birch Creek on the 1956 USGS map1956Fort Yukon B-4 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 Birch Creek.

People over time

Birch Creek, census by census

019401960198020002020Peak: 42

Between 28 and 42 people in every census since 1940.

6 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.