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History · Scammon Bay

Scammon Bay’s post office opened in 1951

Most of Scammon Bay was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1986 on.

1951first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Scammon Bay began

When was Scammon Bay founded?

1951

The Scammon Bay post office opened in 1951, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1967.

2020 census: 60075 years
Founding year: the first Scammon Bay post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1967.

What stands out about Scammon Bay’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Scammon Bay, in brief

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

Scammon Bay (Central Yupik: Marayaarmiut) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scammon Bay had a population of 600.

Its first post office opened in 1951. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 474 to 600 (+27%).

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

By decade

Scammon Bay, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Scammon Bay April 19861986Scammon Bay April 1986
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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Then & now

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Scammon Bay April 1986
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Questions about Scammon Bay’s history

What year was Scammon Bay founded?

The Scammon Bay post office opened in 1951, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1967.

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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 (1), 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.