Oscarville, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
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- Oscarville
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- population 51, on right bank of Kuskokwim River, 5 mi. S of Bethel, Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta.
- About 1908 Oscar Samuelson settled at Napaiskak for a few years and then moved across the river where he opened a store and remained as a trader until his death in 1953. After the Oscarville store opened, a few Eskimo families settled near it, forming a village (Oswalt, 1963, p. 10). The village population was 11 in 1939 and 27 in 1950.
- 60.722777860° 43' 22.0"N-161.7700000161° 46' 12.0"W
- Napaskiak 1 mi. S
- Bethel 4.8 mi. N
- Napakiak 6.4 mi. W
- Kepangalook 10.2 mi. NE
- Kwethluk 12.9 mi. NE
- Nunapitsinchak (Kwethluk) 14.2 mi. E
- Saint James Orthodox (Napaskiak) 1.1 mi. S
- 63
- 1 m
- 987771401
- Updated Apr 24, 2020