Platinum, Alaska
Platinum (Central Yupik: Arviiq) is a city in Alaska.
Platinum
Arviiq | |
|---|---|
 Destroyed airplane at Platinum, 1948 | |
  Platinum Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 59°0′47″N 161°48′59″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Bethel |
| Incorporated | February 13, 1975[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.31 sq mi (122.53 km2) |
| • Land | 47.27 sq mi (122.41 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 55 |
| • Density | 1.16/sq mi (0.45/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP codes | 99651 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-61080 |
Geography
Platinum is located at 59°00′47″N 161°48′59″W.[4] It is located on Goodnews Bay adjacent to the mouth of the Small River and eleven miles southwest of Goodnews and the Kilbuck Mountains.[4]
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.[4]
References
- 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 120.
- "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- "Platinum city, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- GNIS Feature Detail Report for: Platinum
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