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Nome Census Area, Alaska

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—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

21historic places

—earliest paper

1960formed

10,046pop. 2020

—cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 21 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Nome, Solomon, St. Michael.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alaska is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Nome titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 21 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

21 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site NHL	Nome	Site	1966
Berger, Jacob, House	Nome	Building	1977
Bureau of Indian Affairs Unalakleet School	Unalakleet	Building	2002
Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites NHL	Nome	District	1978
Cape Nome Roadhouse	Nome	Building	1976
Council City and Solomon River Railroad	Solomon	District	2001
Discovery Saloon	Nome	Building	1980
Fairhaven Ditch	Deering	District	1987
Fort St. Michael	St. Michael	Building	1977
Gambell Sites	St. Lawrence Island	Site	1966
Iyatayet Site NHL	Cape Denbigh Peninsula	Site	1966
Lindblom, Erik, Placer Claim	Nome	Site	1976
Norge Storage Site	Teller	Building	1974
Pilgrim Hot Springs	Teller	Building	1977
Snow Creek Placer Claim No. 1	Nome	Site	1976
Solomon Roadhouse	Solomon	Building	1980
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old	Nome	Building	2000
St. Michael Redoubt Site	St. Michael	Site	1977
Swanberg Dredge	Nome	Structure	2001
Teller Mission Orphanage	Brevig Mission	Building	2001
Wales Sites NHL	Wales	District	1966

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Nome was formed in 1960 (1960-04-01) from unknown / original county.

1960 census. Nome (Election District 23) served as a census area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Nome Census Area population from 1960 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1960	1980	2000	2020
6,091	6,537	9,196	10,046

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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