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Topkok

Topkok

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 26 ft (7.92 m)
About

at mouth of Topkok River, N shore of Norton Sound, 15 mi. E of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High

History of Topkok

Former Eskimo village reported in the 1880 Census as "Tup-ka-ak," population 15. The 1890 Census listed "Tap-hok" but gave no polulation. A mining camp appears to have been set up here in about 1900 and the 1908 "Map of Seward Peninsula" by Arthur Gibson shows a "Topkok Roadhouse" at this site.