Information About

Taylor

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Taylor on The Map

Location

65 ° 43' 37.999" N,
164 ° 50' 55" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Shishmaref

Elevation

558 ft (170.08 m)

Taylor in Detail.

About

population 29 (1940), on left bank of Kougarok River, 8 mi. SW of Midnight Mtn. and 48 mi. W of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Mining camp founded about 1906. A post office of this name was established in 1906 and discontinued in 1934 (Ricks, 1965, p. 64). Taylor served as a center for the upper Kougarok gold mining region.

Topo Maps

Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben C-6 (1950), Bendeleben C-6 (1950), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1964), Bendeleben C-6 NW (2014),
Places Near Taylor
Mountains:

Black Dome,

Rivers:

Left Fork Kougarok River, North Fork Kougarok River,

Streams:

Arctic Creek, Arizona Creek, Arizona Creek, Bella Creek, Brandy Creek, Brown Creek, Brush Creek, Bryan Creek, California Creek, Camp Creek, Coarse Gold Creek, Columbia Creek, Dan Creek, Dick Creek, Eldorado Creek, Eureka Creek, Galvin Creek, Goose Creek, Grant Creek, Henry Creek, Homestake Creek, Hot Springs Creek, Lillian Creek, Lincoln Creek, Little Macklin Creek, Lizzie Creek, Louisa Creek, Macklin Creek, Mastodon Creek, Mukluk Creek, Norberg Creek, Nugget Creek, Preston Creek, Queen Creek, Reindeer Creek, Right Fork Macklin Creek, Rock Creek, Schlitz Creek, Star Creek, Taylor Creek, Trinity Creek, Washington Creek, Willow Creek,

Valleys:

Anderson Gulch, Goose Gulch, McAllister Gulch, Snow Gulch, Two-bit Gulch,

Cities:

Serpentine Hot Springs, Taylor,