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02-54920. GNIS IDs. 1407125, 2419435. Website. www .nomealaska .org. Nome ( / ˈnoʊm /; ( Inupiaq: Sitŋasuaq, pronounced [sitŋɐsuɑq], also Sitŋazuaq, Siqnazuaq )) is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea.
June 2, 1978 [ 1] Designated NHLD. June 2, 1978 [ 2] Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites is a National Historic Landmark located in Nome, Alaska. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1978. [ 2] It is significant for its role in the history of gold mining in Alaska, in particular the Nome Gold Rush that began in 1899.
Coordinates: 64.437°N 165.010°W. Cape Nome Precinct map, 1908. Cape Nome is a headland on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated on the northern shore of Norton Sound, 15 miles (24 km) to the east of Nome also on Norton Sound. It is delimited by the Norton Sound to the south, Hastings Creek on the west, a lagoon on ...
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
Map including St. Lawrence Island. The United States Census Bureau defines St. Lawrence Island as Block Group 6, Census Tract 1 of Nome Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2000 census there were 1,292 people living on a land area of 1,791.56 sq mi (4,640.1 km 2). [6] The island is about 90 mi (140 km) long and 8–22 mi (13–35 km) wide.
Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million, and 92 years later, it became the 49th state. ... The Nome Gold Rush then lasted from 1899 to 1909.
The Iditarod Trail, also known historically as the Seward-to-Nome Trail, is a thousand-plus mile (1,600 km) historic and contemporary trail system in the US state of Alaska. The trail began as a composite of trails established by Alaskan native peoples. Its route crossed several mountain ranges and valleys and passed through numerous historical ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.