Information About

Taylor

Taylor

Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 558 ft (170.08 m)
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 of Taylor

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.