Tyonek, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
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- Tyonek
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- population 187, on NW shore of Cook Inlet, 43 mi. SW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.
- Tanaina Indian village reported in 1880 as "Toyonok" by Ivan Petroff as consisting of "2 whites, 6 creoles, and 109 natives." This Indian name means "little chief" and the Eskimo name "Tu-i-u'nuk" reportedly means "marsh people" (Hodge, 1907, p. 860), Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE). A post office named "Tyoonok" was established in 1896; renamed Tyonok in 1905, Beluga in 1909, Moquawkie in 1915, and Tyonek in 1933 (Ricks, 1965, p. 67). In 1890, the village had a population of 115; 50 in 1920; 136 in 1939; and 132 in 1950.
- 61.068055661° 04' 05.0"N-151.1369444151° 08' 13.0"W
- Old Tyonek 5.3 mi. SW
- Beluga 5.4 mi. N
- Beluga 8.6 mi. NE
- Shirleyville 9.8 mi. W
- Tyonek 0.1 mi. W
- 213
- 4 m
- 271065276
- Updated Apr 19, 2020