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55°11′03″N 160°30′18″W / 55.18417°N 160.50500°W Unga (Unangam tunuu: Uĝnaasaqax̂) is a ghost town on Unga Island in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska,[1] about two miles west of Sand Point. The island's length is 15 miles (24 km).[2] Unga's altitude is 59 feet (18 m).[1]
History
[edit]It was settled by Aleuts in 1833 and was named Delarov, referring to Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov of the Shelikhov-Golikov Company,[3][4] with a population of 116. The village was reported as Ougnagok by F. P. Lutke in 1836.
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The first post office was established in 1888 and in 1890 Apollo Mining Co. was established. In 1894, its name was changed to Unga. The post office was closed in 1958. In 1969, the last family left Unga. Most of the people who left Unga moved to Sand Point.[1]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 185 | — | |
| 1890 | 159 | −14.1% | |
| 1900 | 175 | 10.1% | |
| 1910 | 108 | −38.3% | |
| 1920 | 313 | 189.8% | |
| 1930 | 150 | −52.1% | |
| 1940 | 152 | 1.3% | |
| 1950 | 107 | −29.6% | |
| 1960 | 43 | −59.8% | |
| 1980 | 0 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
Unga first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Ounga."[6] Of 185 residents, 101 were Aleut, 69 were Creole (Mixed Russian and Native) and 15 were White.[7] The leader of the town was known as the Unga Wizard. It returned in 1890 under the present spelling of Unga and also included the Oakland fishing station, Apollo mine & Squaw Harbor mine. Of 159 residents, 109 were Creole, 48 were White and two were Asian (oddly, no non-Creole Aleuts or Natives appeared).[8] It continued to return on every successive census until 1960. It did not return in 1970. It was designated an Alaskan Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA) in 1980, but was uninhabited. It has not reported again since.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Unga, Alaska
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Unga Island
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Delarof Harbor
- ^ Long-Forgotten Greek Alaskan, Preservation of American Hellenic History
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ "Geological Survey Professional Paper". 1949.
- ^ "Statistics of the Population of Alaska" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880.
- ^ "Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Government Printing Office.
External links
[edit]- http://www.placenames.com/us/p1419430
- http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.cfm?comm_boro_name=Unga&datatype=overview
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