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History · Grayling

Grayling’s post office opened in 1963

Most of Grayling was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1970.

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How Grayling began

When was Grayling founded?

1963

The Grayling post office opened in 1963, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1969.

First census: 139 in 19702020 census: 21063 years
Founding year: the first Grayling post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1969.

What stands out about Grayling’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 Grayling are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Grayling, in brief

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

Grayling (Sixno' Xidakagg in Holikachuk language) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Grayling had a population of 210. Since 1977, the Athabaskan village has seen a surge of interest on odd-numbered years, when it is the site of a checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. It is situated after the checkpoint at Anvik and before Eagle Island.

Its first post office opened in 1963. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 194 to 210 (+8%).

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

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On the map

Grayling on the map in 1952

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

Grayling on the 1952 USGS map1952Holy Cross D-3 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 Grayling.

People over time

Grayling, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 210

Between 139 and 210 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Questions about Grayling’s history

What year was Grayling founded?

The Grayling post office opened in 1963, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1969.

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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, 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.