Toksook Bay
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city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Bethel
- Incorporated
- April 4, 1972
- Mayor
- Sam Chanar
- State senator
- Lyman Hoffman ( D )
- State rep
- Nellie Unangiq Jimmie (D)
- Total
- 70.53 sq mi (182.67 km )
- Land
- 28.71 sq mi (74.35 km )
- Water
- 41.82 sq mi (108.32 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 22.9/sq mi (8.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-78240
- Gnis feature id
- 1411060 , 2418864
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Toksook Bay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bethel Census Area
- Population
- 658
- Area
- 191.28737
- Elevation
- 0
- Capital of
- Nelson Island
- Image
- OOK-c.jpg
- Households
- 2645
- Dialing code
- 99637
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- postal code
- 99637
- Commons category
- Toksook Bay, Alaska
- inception
- 1972-04-04
- water as percent of area
- 55.8072
- water area
- 106.752051
- per capita income
- 11465
- mean age
- 40.0
- native label
- Nunakauyaq
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Encyclopedic overview
Toksook Bay (TOOK-sook or TUCK-sook) is a city and village on Nelson Island in Bethel Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2020 census, Toksook Bay had a population of 658.
Toksook Bay (pronounced Tuqsuk Bay in Yup'ik) was established in 1964 by residents of nearby Nightmute. Nunakauyaq is its ‘real name’. Almost the entire population are members of the Alaska Native Nunakauyarmiut ("People of Nunakauyaq"), who rely on fishing and other subsistence activities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toksook Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.