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History · New Stuyahok

New Stuyahok was first counted by the census in 1950

Most of New Stuyahok was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1950.

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Quick answers

How New Stuyahok began

When was New Stuyahok founded?

1950

New Stuyahok first appears in the census in 1950.

First census: 88 in 19502020 census: 51276 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about New Stuyahok’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 New Stuyahok are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Stuyahok’s history is told.

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The story so far

New Stuyahok, in brief

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

New Stuyahok (Central Yupik: Cetuyaraq) is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, New Stuyahok had a population of 512.

Its first post office opened in 1950. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 510 in 2010, 512 in 2020.

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

By decade

New Stuyahok, decade by decade

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On the map

New Stuyahok on the map in 1954

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Stuyahok.

New Stuyahok on the 1954 USGS map1954Dillingham 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 New Stuyahok.

People over time

New Stuyahok, census by census

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Grew from 88 people in 1950 to 512 in 2020, 5 times over.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners

New Stuyahok’s post office has been open since 1961.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about New Stuyahok’s history

What year was New Stuyahok founded?

The New Stuyahok post office opened in 1950, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1972.

Memory lane

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

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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 (1), 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.