Editing Kongiganak, Alaska (section)

==History==
[[File:Downtown Kong.jpg|thumb|The older "downtown" section of Kong contains most businesses and public buildings in the town]]
The original Kongiganak was settled in the 19th century and was located on a small creek just above [[Kuskokwim Bay]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Agaligamute%22&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/45515?view=print|title = Map of Alaska and Adjoining Regions compiled by Ivan Petroff Special Agent Tenth Census 1880. Showing the Distribution of Native Tribes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/AK/AK_Kuskokwim%20Bay_361075_1954_250000.jpg|title = Get Maps}}</ref> In 1880, it was called "Kongiganagamute" and had a population of 175 [[Inuit]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics of the Population of Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-17.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1880}}</ref> The site was later abandoned. It is located a few miles east of present-day Kwigillingok and about 9 miles southeast of the current Kongiganak.

The current Kongiganak was permanently settled in the 1960s when former residents of Kwigillingok sought higher ground in search of relief from floods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-160/COMMUNITIES/Kongiganak.pdf|title = Alaska Fisheries Science Center Publications &#124; NOAA Fisheries|date = March 12, 2021}}</ref>

It is served by [[Kongiganak Airport]].