Information About

Oscarville

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Oscarville on The Map

Location

60 ° 43' 22.001" N,
161 ° 46' 12" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Napaskiak

Oscarville in Detail.

About

population 51, on right bank of Kuskokwim River, 5 mi. S of Bethel, Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta.

History

About 1908 Oscar Samuelson settled at Napaiskak for a few years and then moved across the river where he opened a store and remained as a trader until his death in 1953. After the Oscarville store opened, a few Eskimo families settled near it, forming a village (Oswalt, 1963, p. 10). The village population was 11 in 1939 and 27 in 1950.

Topo Maps

Bethel (1950), Bethel (1950), Bethel (1950), Bethel C-8 (1954), Bethel C-8 (1954), Bethel (1980), Bethel (1980), Bethel (1980), Bethel (1980), Bethel C-8 NE (2017),
Places Near Oscarville
Cities:

Kwik, Lomavik,

Capes:

Graveyard Point,

Cities:

Bethel, Napakiak, Napaskiak,

Lakes:

Arthur Dall Lake, Hangar Lake,

Rivers:

Church Slough, Gweek River, Tupuknuk Slough,

Streams:

Napaskiak Slough, Steamboat Slough,

Streams:

Browns Slough, Tubungaluk Creek,

Cities:

Kepangalook, Oscarville,