Nelsonville, Dillingham, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States

Overview of Nelsonville

• Name:
  Nelsonville
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  Dillingham, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  on right bank of Nushagak River, 3 mi. SW of Dillingham; Bristol Bay Low.
• History (GNIS):
  named about 1944 for Senator Knute Nelson, 1843-1923, Governor of Minnesota 1893-95, and U.S. Senator, 1895-1923. member of Senator Dillingham's subcommittee, made an extensive tour of Alaska in 1903. "Dillingham," and an Eskimo village called "Keek-sel-hak" was recorded on a 1910 manuscript map by H. C. Fassett, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF). 1944 the name "Dillingham" was transferred to Snag Point where the Dillingham post office had been since 1904; the name "Nelsonville" came into use about this time. a section of Kanakanak.
• Surveys:
  Township 13 South, Range 56 West, Seward Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:59.006666759° 00' 24.0"N

  Longitude:-158.5336111158° 32' 01.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Dillingham 3.5 mi. NE
  • Nushagak 4.3 mi. S
  • Wood River 5.4 mi. NE
  • Anugnak 8.8 mi. N
  • Clarks Point 11.2 mi. S
  • Ekuk 14.1 mi. S
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  (none listed within 15 mi.)
• Elevation:
  13 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  431823556
• Updated Apr 19, 2020