Koyuk’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Koyuk. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusKoyuk (Inupiaq: Kuuyuk) is a city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Koyuk had a population of 312.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 332 to 312 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Koyuk 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.
Start Koyuk’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Koyuk’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Koyuk, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Alaska - Second Judicial Division County - ED 2-16, ED 2-17 (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.