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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Nome
- Incorporated
- July 15, 1969
- Mayor
- Daniel Harrelson
- State senator
- Donald Olson ( D )
- State rep
- Neal Foster (D)
- Total
- 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km )
- Land
- 1.83 sq mi (4.73 km )
- Water
- 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km )
- Elevation
- 62 ft (19 m)
- Density
- 101.4/sq mi (39.14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-84070
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- White Mountain
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nome Census Area
- Population
- 185
- Area
- 5.270305
- Elevation
- 19
- Households
- 327
- Dialing code
- 907
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- postal code
- 99784
- inception
- 1969-07-15
- native label
- Nasirvik
- water as percent of area
- 11.3932
- P8168
- 466 BC
- water area
- 0.600456
- per capita income
- 43153
- mean age
- 54.6
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Encyclopedic overview
White Mountain (Inupiaq: Nasirvik, Nachirvik, or Nachizrvik) is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, White Mountain had a population of 185. The city is an Iġaluŋmiut (Fish River tribe) Inupiat village, with historical influences from and relationships with Qawiaraq (Mary's Igloo) Inupiat and Golovin and Elim Yup’iks. 86.2% of the population is Alaska Native or part Native. Subsistence activities are prevalent. White Mountain is the only village on the Seward Peninsula located inland, not on the ocean.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White Mountain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.