Nome, Alaska

city in Alaska, USA

Nome is a city on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It is in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Steadman Street in Nome, looking north from King Place, in May 2002
Steadman Street in Nome, looking north from King Place, in May 2002
Official seal of Nome
Location of Nome, Alaska
Location of Nome, Alaska
Nome is located in Alaska
Nome
Nome
Coordinates: 64°30′14″N 165°23′58″W / 64.50389°N 165.39944°W / 64.50389; -165.39944
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaNome
IncorporatedApril 12, 1901[1]
Founded byJafet Lindeberg, Erik Lindblom, and John Brynteson
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
Area
 • Total21.49 sq mi (55.7 km2)
 • Land12.80 sq mi (33.2 km2)
 • Water8.69 sq mi (22.5 km2)
Elevation
20 ft (6 m)
Population
 • Total3,699
 • Density289.01/sq mi (111.59/km2)
 • Demonym
Nomeite Noman
 • Census Area
9,492
Time zoneUTC−9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−8 (AKDT)
ZIP Code
99762
Area code907
FIPS code02-54920
GNIS IDs1407125, 2419435
Websitewww.nomealaska.org

The city of Nome claims to be home to the world's largest gold pan. But the Canadian city of Quesnel, British Columbia also says they do.

In the winter of 1925, there was a diphtheria epidemic among Inuit in the Nome area. Blizzard conditions made delivery of a life-saving serum by airplane from Anchorage impossible. A serum run to Nome by dog sled teams delivered the serum. The sled driver of the final leg of the relay was the Norwegian-born Gunnar Kaasen; his lead sled dog was Balto. The annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race commemorates this historic event.

Nome is home to Alaska's oldest newspaper, the Nome Nugget.

The reality television series Bering Sea Gold is set and filmed in Nome.

References

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  1. 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 106.
  2. "2020 US Gazetteer Files". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. "Valley city, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.