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History · Hughes

Hughes was first counted by the census in 1920

Most of Hughes was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1955 on, and the census since 1920.

1920first census
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Hughes’ archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Hughes began

When was Hughes founded?

1920

Hughes first appears in the census in 1920.

First census: 45 in 19202020 census: 85106 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Hughes’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Hughes’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hughes’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewLanding Fields - Alaska: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Hughes, in brief

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

Hughes (Koyukon: Hut’odlee Kkaakk’et) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 85 at the 2020 census, up from 77 in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1920. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 77 to 85 (+10%).

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

Timeline

Hughes, 1917 to 1955

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1917In the archiveLanding Fields - Alaska
  3. 1942Post officeThe Hughes post office opens
  4. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hughes, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s3 items
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1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today9 recent
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On the map

Hughes on the map in 1955

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

Hughes on the 1955 USGS map1955Hughes A-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 Hughes.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Landing Fields - Alaska
Retake this viewLanding Fields - Alaska, 1917

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hughes’ page.

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People over time

Hughes, census by census

0192019401960198020002020Peak: 85

Between 32 and 85 people in every census since 1920.

10 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Hughes’ history

What year was Hughes founded?

The Hughes post office opened in 1920, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (12), 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.