What is the population of Diomede, Alaska?

Diomede has a population of approximately 27 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Diomede, Alaska located?

Diomede is located in Alaska, United States, at approximate coordinates 65.7539°, -168.9226°.

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Diomede

Total population

Median home value

Bachelor's+

Median income

Founded

1970

Elevation29 m

Land area2.84 km²

Weather39°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates65.75°, -168.92°

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High Surf Advisory issued October 5 at 2:51PM AKDT until October 9 at 4:00AM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK
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City facts

Founded

1970

Elevation

29 m

Area

2.84 km²

Official website

kawerak.org/our-region/diomede

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Overview

Diomede is an incorporated island city in the U.S. state of Alaska. Little Diomede Island is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands that are located in the middle of the Bering Strait; the larger of the two islands, Big Diomede Island, is part of Russia. As of 2020, the population of Diomede is 82.

History & geography

History

The current location of the city is believed by some archaeologists to have been inhabited for at least 3,000 years. It was originally a spring hunting campsite and the early explorers from the west found the Iñupiat (Inuit) at Diomede had an advanced culture, including elaborate whale hunting ceremonies. Trade occurred with both continents. The first European to reach the Diomede Islands was Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnev, in 1648; the next was Danish-born Russian navigator and explorer Vitus Bering, who re-discovered the islands on August 16, 1728, and named the islands after martyr St. Diomede, who was celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church on that date. The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, including Little Diomede. A new boundary was drawn between the two Diomede Islands, and the Big Diomede was left to Russia. In the town's census of 1880, 40 residents of the island were recorded. According to naturalist John Muir, who visited the Diomede Islands in the 1880s, natives were eager to trade away everything they had. The village was perched on the steep rocky slope of the mountain, which has sheer drops into deep water. Huts were mostly built of stone with skin roofs. During the Nome gold rush at the turn of the 20th century, Diomede villagers traveled to Nome along with the gold seekers, even though Nome was not a native village. People from Diomede arrived in umiaks and stayed in Nome for the summer, trading and gathering items before they returned to their isolated village. The first square building on the island was a small Catholic church, which was planned by Father Bellarmine Lafortune in 1935 and built by Father Thomas Cunningham during his residency on the island between 1936 and 1947. It was built from donated lumber from Nome.…

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