City of Napaskiak, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
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- Napaskiak
- City of Napaskiak
- Incorporated City
- On left bank of Kuskokwim River at mouth of Napaiskak Slough, 6 mi. S of Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
- Eskimo village shown on an 1867 USC & GS map as "Napasiak" located on the right bank of the Kuskokwim River. In the 1880 Census Ivan Petroff lists "Napaskiagamute" with a population of 196. In 1890 "Napasheagamiut" contained 97 persons; in 1939, 67, and in 1950, 121. The present spelling of the name was first used in 1898 by J. H. Kilbuck, Moravian missionary. In 1956 the village had a Russian Orthodox church, school and about 30 dwellings (Oswalt, 1963, map and p. 11). Napaskiak was incorporated as a city on October 12, 1971.
- 60.708055660° 42' 29.0"N-161.7661111161° 45' 58.0"W
- Oscarville 1 mi. N
- Bethel 5.8 mi. N
- Napakiak 6.3 mi. W
- Kepangalook 11 mi. NE
- Kwethluk 13.3 mi. NE
- Nunapitsinchak (Kwethluk) 14.5 mi. NE
- Saint James Orthodox 0.1 mi. S
- 404
- 1 m
- 433324956
- Updated Apr 24, 2020