Nome, Alaska
Nome is a city on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It is in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
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 Location of Nome, Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 64°30′14″N 165°23′58″W / 64.50389°N 165.39944°WCoordinates: 64°30′14″N 165°23′58″W / 64.50389°N 165.39944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Nome |
| Incorporated | April 12, 1901[1] |
| Founded by | Jafet Lindeberg, Erik Lindblom, and John Brynteson |
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| • Type | Council-Manager |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.49 sq mi (55.7 km2) |
| • Land | 12.80 sq mi (33.2 km2) |
| • Water | 8.69 sq mi (22.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,699 |
| • Density | 289.01/sq mi (111.59/km2) |
| • Demonym | Nomeite Noman |
| • Census Area | 9,492 |
| Time zone | UTC−9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP Code | 99762 |
| FIPS code | 02-54920 |
| GNIS IDs | 1407125, 2419435 |
| Website | www |
The city of Nome claims to be home to the world's largest gold pan. But the Canadian city of Quesnel, British Columbia also says they do.
In the winter of 1925, there was a diphtheria epidemic among Inuit in the Nome area. Blizzard conditions made delivery of a life-saving serum by airplane from Anchorage impossible. A serum run to Nome by dog sled teams delivered the serum. The sled driver of the final leg of the relay was the Norwegian-born Gunnar Kaasen; his lead sled dog was Balto. The annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race commemorates this historic event.
Nome is home to Alaska's oldest newspaper, the Nome Nugget.
The reality television series Bering Sea Gold is set and filmed in Nome.
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Gold Pan, Anvil City Square
An aerial view of Nome, Alaska, in July 2006
Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - Nome Area, AK(ThreadEx)
Inuit music and dance near Nome, 1900
Nome, Alaska during the Nome goldrush. Image is used in the opening of North to Alaska from 1960.
Seven years later (1907), houses have replaced the tents.
Street scene, Nome, c. 1907
The annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which finishes in Nome, commemorates the 1925 serum run.
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References
- ↑ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 106.
- ↑ "2020 US Gazetteer Files". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Valley city, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
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