Editing Goodnews Bay, Alaska (section)

==History==
{{US Census population
|1880= 162
|1890= 162
|1920= 138
|1940= 48
|1950= 100
|1960= 154
|1970= 218
|1980= 168
|1990= 241
|2000= 230
|2010= 243
|2010n=<ref name="Census 2010"/>
|2020= 258
|2020n={{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2023|reason=No mention of Goodnews Bay at the given link}}
}}

Goodnews Bay first reported on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Inuit village of "Mumtrahamute" with 162 residents (all Inuit).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=mumtrak&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref> It reported on the 1890 census as "Mumtrahamiut", again returning with an unchanged 162 residents. It next reported in 1920 as "Mumtrakmut." In 1926, platinum was discovered in the region around Goodnews Bay and was mined by the Goodnews Bay Mining Company until 1979.<ref>Mertie, J.B. "Platinum Deposits of the Goodnews Bay, Alaska." Bulletin 910-B, ''United States Department of the Interior'', Geological Survey, '''1939'''.</ref> It next reported in 1940 as "Good News Bay." It returned in 1950 as "Mumtrak." From 1960 to 1970, it also returned as Mumtrak with the alternative name of Goodnews Bay. It formally incorporated in 1970 as Goodnews Bay, and has returned as such since 1980.