Alaska Gazetteer
Kukpowruk (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kukpowruk (historical) |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Populated Place |
| Class: | Populated Place |
| Description: | site of Eskimo village on coast of Chukchi Sea, near mouth of Kukpowruk River, 10 mi. S of Point Lay, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "In 1884 Brower (1944, p. 25) wrote: ""we fairly ran to a village called Kukpowruk on a river of the same name. Nobody was home."" In 1918 Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 182) referred to a single dwelling called ""Sing""i""too""rok,"" at the mouth of the ""Ku=pou=ruk"" River. The 11th Census of 1890 (p. 158) lists a population of 52 Eskimo called ""Kukpaurungmiut"" on the Kukpowruk River." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.611114502 |
| Longitude: | -163 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kukpowruk (historical): Kukpowruk (historical).
