City of Pilot Station, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States

Overview of Pilot Station

• Name:
  Pilot Station
• Official Name:
  City of Pilot Station
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City
• Located In:
  Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  population 219, on right bank of Yukon River, 2 mi. NE of Hills I. and 26 mi. W of Marshall, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
• History (GNIS):
  Local name, probably given by riverboat pilots, shown on a fieldsheet by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), dated 1916. The present location of the site name has been moved about 0.3 mi. to where Sargent shows a village called Potiliuk.
• Surveys:
  Seward Meridian
  

  Range 74 West
  

  Townships: 21 North, 22 North
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:61.938888961° 56' 20.0"N

  Longitude:-162.8750000162° 52' 30.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Kalak 0.8 mi. N
  • Saint Marys 12.3 mi. NW
  • Kanapak 12.9 mi. SW
  • Pitkas Point 14.9 mi. NW
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Pilot Station 0.3 mi. SW
• Population:
  585
• Elevation:
  10 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  337664392
• Updated Apr 24, 2020