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Shiniak

A vanished town in Bethel (CA) County, Alaska.

Survey record — verification pendingFILED: AK

Shiniak

Bethel (CA) County, Alaska

records pending
Classification
Vanished town (federal archive)
Coordinates
59.8000° N, 161.9500° W

What the record shows

The federal survey describes the site: on E shore of Kuskokwim Bay, N of Kanektok River, 50 mi. NW of Goodnews, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

"Former Eskimo village reported as ""Shiniagmiut,"" meaning ""Shiniak people,"" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Recorded as ""Shineyagamute"" by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 U.S. Census. Its population in 1880 was 40; in 1890, 7. The Moravian missionaries had a warehouse here in 1910, which appeared on some maps as ""Mission Warehouse."""

Shiniakappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.

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