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'''Unalakleet''' is a city in [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]], [[Alaska]], [[United States]]. At the 2000 census the population was 747.

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==Geography==

[[Image:AKMap-doton-Unalakleet.PNG|right|Location of Unalakleet, Alaska]]

Unalakleet is located at {{coor dms|63|52|44|N|160|47|23|W|city}} (63.878907, -160.789680){{GR|1}}.

Unalakleet is located on the [[Norton Sound]] of the [[Bering Sea]] at the mouth of the [[Unalakleet River]], 238 km (148 miles) southeast of [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 13.3 [[km²]] (5.1 [[square mile|mi²]]). 7.4 km² (2.9 mi²) of it is land and 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²) of it (44.25%) is water.

==Demographics==

As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 747 people, 224 households, and 174 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 100.5/km² (260.5/mi²). There were 242 housing units at an average density of 32.6/km² (84.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 11.91% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 85.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 2.54% from two or more races. 0.27% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 224 households out of which 46.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 21.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.82.

In the city the population was spread out with 37.5% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 114.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $42,083, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $41,964 versus $32,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,845. About 12.5% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

== History ==

''Unalakleet,'' an adaptation of the Iñupiaq word ''Unga-laq-thliq,'' means "from the southern side" in [[Inupiaq]]<ref name="DCCED">[http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm Community Information Summaries: "Unalakleet."] Alaska Community Database Online, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.</ref>.

Unalakleet is located at the Norton Sound end of the Unalakleet-Kaltag Portage, an important winter travel route between Norton Sound and the [[Yukon River]]. Unalakleet has long been a major trade center between the [[Athabascan]]s who lived in the interior of Alaska and the [[Inupiat]] who lived on the coast. The [[Russian-American Company]] built a trading post here at Unalakleet in the 1830s. [[Reindeer]] herders from [[Lapland]] were brought to Unalakleet to teach sound herding practices in 1898. In 1901, the United States Army Signal Corps built a 975 km (605 mile) telegraph line from [[St. Michael, Alaska|St. Michael]] to Unalakleet.

==Mushing influence==

Unalakleet is the first checkpoint on the Norton Sound in the famous [[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]] 851 miles from the start in Anchorage. The first [[mushing|musher]] to reach this checkpoint each year is awarded the [[Gold Coast Award]], which includes $2,500 in gold nuggets. Unalakleet also plays an important role in the ''Iron Dog'' race.

==Education==

The Swedish Covenant Church established a mission in Unalakleet in 1887. The [[Evangelical Covenant Church]] later started a boarding high school in 1954. It served students from all over western Alaska until it closed in 1985 due to the changing face of education in the villages of Alaska with the addition of local high schools in all villages.

The district office for [[Bering Strait School District]] has been located in Unalakleet since 1983. Serving fifteen village schools, the Bering Strait School District covers approximately 50,000 square miles.

Unalakleet's local schools include Unalakleet School, a K-12 school that is internally divided into Unalakleet Elementary, Unalakleet Middle School, and Frank A. Degnan High School. The combined school population of Unalakleet Schools is 195, 180 of whom are Alaska Native.

Unalakleet's schools are known for their basketball prowess. The boys' high school team has won six State Championships since beginning play in the early 1960s. Three were won by the Covenant High School Wolverines and three by the state-run high school, the Unalakleet Wolfpack (previously known as the Panthers).

==Transportation==

Unalakleet is a central hub for outlying villages, providing air cargo and air taxi services and a link to [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]. It is served by daily twin turbo-prop airline service to Anchorage by [[PenAir]] and [[Hageland Aviation]], as well as daily flights to Nome and outlying villages by [[Bering Air]], Hageland Aviation and [[Alaska Transportation Service]] (freight only).

Unalakleet also has a seafood processing plant for [[Norton Sound]]-area fishermen.

==Trivia==

*Unalakleet has an [[Alaska State Troopers]] station.

==References==

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==External links==

Unalakleet River Lodge :: http://www.unalakleet.com

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