Old Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States
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- Old Bettles
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- Located on the west bank of the Koyukuk River, 1.6 km (1 mi) downstream (SW) of its junction with the John River, 5.6 km (3.5 mi) east-northeast of Lookout Mountain, Kanuti Flats.
- Named for Gordon C. Bettles, printer, prospector, and trader who established the trading post and community in 1898 (Kitchener, 1954, p. 156). A post office was established in 1901 and continued intermittently until 1956 (Ricks, 1965, p.7). Following World War II, the residents gradually relocated five miles further east, near the site of a newly-constructed airstrip; this area was incorporated as the City of Bettles in 1985. The last inhabitants of Old Bettles moved out in 1997.
- 66.906944466° 54' 25.0"N-151.6830556151° 40' 59.0"W
- Bettles 4.6 mi. E
- Evansville 4.9 mi. E
- (none listed within 15 mi.)
- 191 m
- 917974863
- Updated Apr 19, 2020