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History · Stebbins

Stebbins was first counted by the census in 1940

Most of Stebbins was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1940.

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How Stebbins began

When was Stebbins founded?

1940

Stebbins first appears in the census in 1940.

First census: 98 in 19402020 census: 63486 years
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What stands out about Stebbins’ 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 Stebbins are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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How Stebbins came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stebbins.

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A Russian fort, Redoubt St. Michael, was built at nearby St. Michael by the Russian-American Company in 1833. The name Stebbins was first recorded in 1900; the Yupik name for the village is Tapraq. The first census in the area, in 1950, listed 80 Yupiks residing in Stebbins. The city was incorporated in 1969.

The Stebbins economy depends on commercial fishing, for herring and other fish, and subsistence fishing, gardening and hunting, supplemented by part-time wage earnings. Hunting is for seal, walrus, caribou, and beluga whale. The city government, medical clinic and school of about 200 students provide the only full-time positions.

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On the map

Stebbins on the map in 1952

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

Stebbins on the 1952 USGS map1952Saint Michael C-1 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 Stebbins.

People over time

Stebbins, census by census

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Grew from 98 people in 1940 to 634 in 2020, 6 times over.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

St. Michael1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Stebbins’ history

What year was Stebbins founded?

The Stebbins post office opened in 1940, 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 Wikipedia, 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.