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History · Nunapitchuk

Nunapitchuk was first counted by the census in 1940

Most of Nunapitchuk was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1940.

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Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Nunapitchuk began

When was Nunapitchuk founded?

1940

Nunapitchuk first appears in the census in 1940.

First census: 121 in 19402020 census: 59486 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Nunapitchuk’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 Nunapitchuk 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 Nunapitchuk’s history is told.

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The story so far

Nunapitchuk, in brief

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

Nunapitchuk (Central Yupik: Nunapicuar) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Nunapitchuk had a population of 594.

Its first post office opened in 1940. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 496 to 594 (+20%).

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

By decade

Nunapitchuk, decade by decade

Today3 recent
USDA Rural Development Civil Rights Director Angilla Denton (left) and City of Nunapitchuk Administrator Juliana Wassil…2015USDA Rural Development Civil Rights Director Angilla …Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta2014Yukon-Kuskokwim DeltaAerial view of Nunapitchuk, Alaska (cropped)2014Aerial view of Nunapitchuk, Alaska (cropped)
On the map

Nunapitchuk on the map in 1954

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

Nunapitchuk on the 1954 USGS map1954Baird Inlet D-2 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 Nunapitchuk.

People over time

Nunapitchuk, census by census

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Grew from 121 people in 1940 to 594 in 2020, 4 times over.

7 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Nunapitchuk

Nobody well known was born in Nunapitchuk itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Don PageCanadian physicist · b. 1948
Lyman HoffmanAmerican politician · b. 1950
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Victor Oluwatosin AjayiEducationalist and Scientist · b. 1934
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Sonya Kelliher-CombsIñupiaq and Athabascan artist · b. 1969
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Conrad McCormickAmerican politician · b. 1997
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

KasiglukIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Nunapitchuk’s history

What year was Nunapitchuk founded?

The Nunapitchuk post office opened in 1940, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1969.

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 (3), 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.