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History · Eagle Village

Eagle Village dates to 1874

Most of Eagle Village was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1900.

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How Eagle Village began

When was Eagle Village founded?

1874

Eagle Village dates its founding to 1874 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 383 in 19002020 census: 53152 years
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What stands out about Eagle Village’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eagle Village are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1900 and 1970, then more than doubled.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle Village’s history is told.

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People over time

Eagle Village, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020383 in 1900Low: 36

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1900 and 1970, then more than doubled.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Eagle Village came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eagle Village.

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For thousands of years prior to Europeans arriving in Alaska, the Eagle area was home to many indigenous peoples, including the Han.

The first known American-built structure in Eagle was a log trading post called "Belle Isle", erected around 1874. Subsequently, in the late 1800s, Eagle became a supply and trading center for miners working the upper Yukon River and its tributaries. By the year 1898, Eagle's population had exceeded 1,700 persons; many newcomers journeyed to the area with word of the Klondike Gold Rush.

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Timeline

Eagle Village, 1874 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874
    FoundingEagle Village is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900CensusPopulation peaks at 383
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Eagle Village on the map in 1956

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eagle Village.

Eagle Village on the 1956 USGS map1956Eagle D-1 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 Eagle Village.

Questions about Eagle Village’s history

What year was Eagle Village founded?

In 1874, according to Wikidata. the census of 1900 counted 383 people here.

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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 Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.