population 1,258, on right bank of Kuskokwim River, 90 mi. SW of Aniak and 83 mi. E of Nelson I., Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Bethel was originally the site of an Eskimo village and trading post of the Alaska Commercial Company. Listed as "Mumtrekhlogamute" with 41 people by Ivan Petroff in the 10th Census, in 1880. The name is reported to mean "Smokehouse people" because here a peculiar house for smoking fish was erected . Alaska to locate a site for a mission, which they placed at the village of Mumtrekhlogamute. The mission was established a year later by Weinland and J. H. Kilbuck. The name given to the mission is derived from the biblical passage "And God said unto Jacob, Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God. (Genesis 35:1). The scriptural Bethel was 22 mi. N of Jerusalem and means "house of God" in Hebrew. The Alaskan Bethel had a population of 33 in 1890, 110 in 1910, 221 in 1920, 278 in 1930, 376 in 1940, and 651 in 1950. The Bethel post office was established in 1905.
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Capes:Cities:Lakes:Arthur Dall Lake, Hangar Lake,
Rivers:Church Slough, Gweek River, Tupuknuk Slough,
Streams:Napaskiak Slough, Steamboat Slough,
Streams:Browns Slough, Tubungaluk Creek,
Cities:Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings
Cackling Goose, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Red-necked Grebe, Wilson's Snipe, Solitary Sandpiper, Glaucous Gull, Common Loon, American Robin, Common Redpoll, American Tree Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Northern Waterthrush, Yellow Warbler, Greater White-fronted Goose, Sandhill Crane, Fox Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs, Northern Shrike, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bald Eagle, Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Sandpiper, Long-tailed Jaeger, Arctic Tern, Pacific Loon, Cliff Swallow, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Pine Grosbeak, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Least Sandpiper, Alder Flycatcher, Northern Pintail, Glaucous-winged Gull, Bank Swallow, Hoary Redpoll, Lapland Longspur, Semipalmated Plover, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Tundra Swan, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Merlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Pacific Golden-Plover, Short-tailed Shearwater, Western Sandpiper, Lincoln's Sparrow, Horned Grebe, Violet-green Swallow, Dark-eyed Junco, Blackpoll Warbler, Eurasian Wigeon, Hudsonian Godwit, Ring-necked Duck, Canada Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, Hermit Thrush, Snow Bunting, Boreal Chickadee, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Peregrine Falcon, Varied Thrush, Black Scoter, American Golden Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, Gray Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Black-bellied Plover, Pomarine Jaeger, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Black-billed Magpie, Arctic Warbler, Whimbrel, Red Phalarope, Parasitic Jaeger, Canvasback, Bufflehead, Rough-legged Hawk, Aleutian Cackling Goose, White-winged Scoter, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Willow Ptarmigan, Pine Siskin, Golden Eagle, Surfbird, Black-legged Kittiwake, Horned Lark, Buff-bellied Pipit