Platinum, Alaska

Platinum (Central Yupik: Arviiq) is a city in Alaska.

Platinum
Arviq
City
Destroyed airplane at Platinum, 1948
Destroyed airplane at Platinum, 1948
Platinum is located in Alaska
Platinum
Platinum
Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 59°0′47″N 161°48′59″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaBethel
IncorporatedFebruary 13, 1975[1]
Government
  MayorMark Moyle[2]
  State senatorLyman Hoffman (D)
  State rep.Tiffany Zulkosky (R)
Area
  Total47.31 sq mi (122.53 km2)
  Land47.27 sq mi (122.41 km2)
  Water0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation
13 ft (4 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total61
  Estimate 
(2019)[4]
67
  Density1.42/sq mi (0.55/km2)
Time zoneUTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP codes
99651
Area code907
FIPS code02-61080

Geography

Platinum is located at 59°00′47″N 161°48′59″W.[5] It is located on Goodnews Bay adjacent to the mouth of the Small River and eleven miles southwest of Goodnews and the Kilbuck Mountains.[5]

History

Platinum was named in the 1930s due to the platinum ore found in the area. The site was a mining boomtown by 1937 boasting a roadhouse, two trading posts and a population of fifty. A post office had been established in 1935. An earlier Inuit village called Arviq had been abandoned. The town was incorporated as a city in 1975.[5]

References

  1. 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 120.
  2. 2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League. 2015. p. 126.
  3. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  4. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  5. GNIS Feature Detail Report for: Platinum


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