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On S coast of Seward Peninsula on Norton Sound, Seward Peninsula High.
HistorySchrader and Brooks (1900, p11), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who visited the town in October 1899, spoke of the "thriving young city of Nome, first called Anvil City, now officially Nome." Gold was found in the area in the summer of 1898 and the town got its start in October 1898 when six men met at the mouth of the Snake River and formed the Cape Nome mining district. The short-lived name "Anvil City" was derived from Anvil Creek, where the first major gold was found. In June 1899, gold was found on the beaches of Nome and by August a number of men were prospecting the beaches. The news of the gold strike was carried to the States that winter and in early summer 1900 the rush was on. At the peak that summer there were 30,000 people at Nome, but 16,000 left in 13 weeks (Rickard, 1909, p308-337). Nome incorporated on April 9, 1901. The population was 12,488 in 1900; 2,600 in 1910; 852 in 1920; 1,213 in 1930; 1,559 in 1939; and 1,876 in 1950. A post office was established here in 1899 (Ricks, 1965, p4).
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Nome,
Cliffs:Hills:Bonanza Hill, Dexter Peak, Native Hill,
Lakes:Mountains:Anvil Mountain, Banner Peak, Mount Brynteson, Engstrom Mountain, King Mountain, Monument Rock, Newton Peak, North Newton Peak, Twin Mountain,
Rivers:Nome River, North Fork Snake River, Snake River,
Streams:Albion Creek, Alpha Creek, American Creek, Anvil Creek, Balto Creek, Bangor Creek, Banner Creek, Barr Creek, Basin Creek, Bear Creek, Becher Creek, Bird Creek, Blatchford Creek, Borg Creek, Boulder Creek, Bourbon Creek, Brush Creek, Buster Creek, Camp Creek, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Crystal Creek, Dewey Creek, Dexter Creek, Divining Creek, Dry Creek, Elk Creek, Ellis Creek, Extra Dry Creek, Flat Creek, Glacier Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Run, Goldbottom Creek, Goose Creek, Grose Creek, Hart Creek, Hatch Creek, Hazel Creek, Helen Creek, Hilda Creek, Holyoke Creek, Hunter Creek, Ingraham Creek, Irene Creek, Iron Creek, Jorosa Creek, July Creek, June Creek, Laurada Creek, Left Elk Creek, Left Fork Banner Creek, Left Fork Dexter Creek, Left Fork Dry Creek, Left Fork Slate Creek, Lillian Creek, Lindblom Creek, Little Creek, Little Dexter Creek, Lost Creek, Lynn Creek, Martin Creek, McDonald Creek, Mineral Creek, Monument Creek, Moonlight Creek, Mountain Creek, Mud Creek, New Bonanza Creek, Oniga Creek, Osborn Creek, Otter Creek, Peluk Creek, Prospect Creek, Queen Creek, Rifle Creek, Right Fork Slate Creek, Rock Creek, Rudolph Creek, Russel Creek, Saturday Creek, Seattle Creek, Shepard Creek, Skookum Creek, Slate Creek, Slate Creek, Sledge Creek, Someone Creek, Sparkle Creek, Sufus Creek, Sunby Creek, Sunset Creek, Thompson Creek, Tripple Creek, Trout Creek, Twin Mountain Creek, Violet Creek, Washington Creek, Willow Creek, Wonder Creek,
Valleys:Abbe Gulch, American Gulch, Bare Gulch, Bergstrom Gulch, Blind Gulch, Bonanza Gulch, Boston Gulch, Brandon Gulch, Burns Gulch, Butterfield Canyon, Chief Gulch, Cooper Gulch, Covina Gulch, Davis Gulch, Deer Gulch, East Gulch, Erickson Gulch, Eureka Gulch, Florence Gulch, Fox Gulch, Gass Gulch, Gold Hill Gulch, Goldpan Gulch, Goodluck Gulch, Gordon Gulch, Grace Gulch, Grass Gulch, Grouse Gulch, Hazel Gulch, Holyoke Gulch, Hotel Gulch, Ice Gulch, Irish Gulch, Joe Gulch, Josephine Gulch, Kanoma Gulch, Little Gulch, Little Specimen Gulch, Mabe Gulch, Madison Gulch, Magnolia Gulch, Mary Gulch, Morgan Gulch, Moss Gulch, Nekula Gulch, Nellie Gulch, New Year Gulch, Newton Gulch, Nil Desperandum Gulch, Phillips Gulch, Pioneer Gulch, Quartz Gulch, Richmond Gulch, Rocker Gulch, Ruby Gulch, Scotch Gulch, Slate Gulch, Snow Gulch, Sofia Gulch, Specimen Gulch, Stevens Gulch, Tug Gulch, Union Gulch, Wet Gulch, Woodchuck Gulch,
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