Editing Kobuk, Alaska (section)

==History==
Kobuk was founded in 1899 as the village of Shungnak, a supply point for miners north of the [[Kobuk River]] in the Cosmos Hills. A trading post, school, and mission were built and residents came to the settlement. In the 1920s, river erosion led many residents to relocate ten miles downstream (west) to a site called "Kochuk." Kochuk became the new [[Shungnak, Alaska|Shungnak]], while the original Shungnak became Kobuk in 1928.<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=kobuk&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref>

In May 1973, a flood covered the entire village. In September of the same year, it incorporated as a city.

The economy of Kobuk is based on subsistence hunting for caribou and moose.

The first postmaster at Kobuk (when it was still called Shungnak) was Martin F. Moran, appointed September 24, 1903.<ref>Dickerson, Ora B. (1989) ''120 Years of Alaska Postmasters, 1867-1987'', p. 63. Scotts, Michigan: Carl J. Cammarata. A photograph of George Cleveland (postmaster 1949-77), outside the Co-op Store/Post Office, appears on the cover of the book.</ref>