Nome Census Area, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The census area was formed in 1980 from Alaska's Unorganized Borough. The census area has no borough seat. This census area is located in the western part of the state.

Historical Facts
As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,492. Its largest community by far is the city of Nome.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this census area.

Populated Areas

 * Nome, Alaska is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the most populous city in Alaska.




 * Port Clarence, Alaska is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nome Census Area, Alaska. The population was 24 at the 2010 census. It is located on the spit separating the bay of Port Clarence from the Bering Strait.

Cemeteries

 * Billion Graves
 * Billion Graves
 * Billion Graves Cemeteries


 * Find A Grave
 * Findagrave
 * Finagrave Cemeteries

Vital Records

 * 1816-1959 at FamilySearch — index and images