Nome, Alaska

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.

Nome Sitŋasuaq
City
Steadman Street in Nome, looking north from King Place, in May 2002
Seal
Location of Nome, Alaska
Nome
Coordinates: 64°30′14″N 165°23′58″W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Nome
Incorporated	April 12, 1901
Founded by	Jafet Lindeberg, Erik Lindblom, and John Brynteson
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
Area
• Total	21.49 sq mi (55.7 km2)
• Land	12.80 sq mi (33.2 km2)
• Water	8.69 sq mi (22.5 km2)
Elevation	20 ft (6 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,699
• Density	289.01/sq mi (111.59/km2)
• Demonym	Nomeite Noman
• Census Area	9,492
Time zone	UTC−9 (Alaska (AKST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−8 (AKDT)
ZIP Code	99762
Area code	907
FIPS code	02-54920
GNIS IDs	1407125, 2419435
Website	www.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.