Hughes’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Hughes. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHughes (Koyukon: Hut’odlee Kkaakk’et) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 85 at the 2020 census, up from 77 in 2010.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 77 to 85 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hughes yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hughes’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hughes’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLanding Fields - Alaska, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hughes, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Landing Fields - Alaska (1917) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.