City of Deering, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States
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- Deering
- City of Deering
- Incorporated City
- population 95, on Seward Peninsula, at mouth of Inmachuk River on Kotzebue Sound , 57 mi. SW of Kotzebue, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.
- This village was established in 1901 on Kotzebue Sound as a supply station for the interior mining camps. A post office was located here in 1901 (Ricks, 1965, p. 16). It was probably named for the 90-ton schooner Abbie Deering which was in the nearby waters about 1900.
- 66.075555666° 04' 32.0"N-162.7172222162° 43' 02.0"W
- Chicago Creek 14.6 mi. SE
- (none listed within 15 mi.)
- 138
- 2 m
- 376096794
- Updated Apr 19, 2020