Editing Anvik, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Anvik
| settlement_type                 = [[City (Alaska)|City]]
| native_name                     = Gitr'ingith Chagg
     
| native_name_lang                = ing
| founder                         = 
| named_for                       = 
<!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map                     = Alaska
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Alaska
| image_skyline                   = Village of Anvik, Yukon River, Alaska, ca 1901 (HEGG 695).jpeg
| image_caption                   = Fish drying on racks in Anvik in 1901

<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Alaska]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Census Area]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska|Yukon-Koyukuk]]
| established_title               = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date                = October 6, 1969<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 1974 |title=Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974 |journal=Alaska Local Government |location=Juneau |publisher=[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]] |volume=XIII |issue=2 |page=19}}</ref>
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Jason Jones<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.akml.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Anvik.pdf |title=2023 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory |date=January 2023 |publisher=Alaska Municipal League |location=[[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] |page=46 |access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref>
| leader_title1                   = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
| leader_name1                    = [[Click Bishop]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| leader_title2                   = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
| leader_name2                    = [[Mike Cronk]] (R)
| area_magnitude                  = 
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{Cite web |title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_02.txt |access-date=October 29, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 30.89
| area_land_km2                   = 24.58
| area_water_km2                  = 6.31
| area_total_sq_mi                = 11.93
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 9.49
| area_water_sq_mi                = 2.44

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 70
| timezone                        = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -9
| timezone_DST                    = AKDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -8
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name="gnis">{{GNIS|1398335}}</ref>
| elevation_m                     = 
| elevation_ft                    = 52
| coordinates                     = {{coord|62|39|22|N|160|12|24|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis/>
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 99558
| area_code                       = [[Area code 907|907]]
| area_code_type                  = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 02-03880
| blank1_name                     = 
| blank1_info                     = 
| website                         = 
| footnotes                       = 
| pop_est_as_of                   = 
| pop_est_footnotes               = 
| population_est                  = 
| population_density_sq_mi        = 7.38
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| population_density_km2          = 2.85
| official_name                   = 
}}

'''Anvik'''{{Pronunciation needed|date=March 2025}} ([[Deg Xinag language|Deg Xinag]]: {{lang|ing|Gitr'ingith Chagg}}<ref>[http://ankn.uaf.edu/ANL/course/view.php?id=7 ankn.uaf.edu: Deg Xinag Ałixi Ni’elyoy / Deg Xinag Learners' Dictionary (2007)]</ref>{{Pronunciation needed|date=March 2025}}) is a city, home to the [[Deg Hit'an]] people, in the [[Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]], United States. The name Anvik, meaning "exit" in the [[Central Alaskan Yup'ik language]], became the common usage despite multiple names at the time, and may have come from early Russian explorers. The native name in the [[Deg Xinag]] language is [[Deloy Ges]]. The population was 85 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], down from 104 in 2000.

==Geography==
Anvik is located west of the Yukon River at the mouth of the [[Anvik River]]. It is {{convert|34|mi|km}} to the north of [[Holy Cross, Alaska|Holy Cross]]. There is a public [[Anvik Airport]] (ANV) with a {{convert|2,960|ft|m|adj=on}} gravel runway located {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} southeast of downtown Anvik.

The Anvik Connector is a trail, designated a [[National Trails System#National Connecting and Side Trails|national side trail]], which links the community to the [[Iditarod Trail]] {{convert|86|mi|0}} to the east.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|9.5|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|2.4|sqmi|km2}} (20.44%) is water. It is an [[incorporated place]] (FIPS 55-3 Class C6).

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 95
|1890= 191
|1900= 166
|1910= 151
|1920= 140
|1930= 79
|1940= 110
|1950= 99
|1960= 120
|1970= 83
|1980= 114
|1990= 82
|2000= 104
|2010= 85
|2020= 70
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=June 4, 2015 |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref>
}}
Anvik first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as Anvik Station and Village with 95 residents: 94 were members of the [[Tinneh]] tribe and 1 was White.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1880 |title=Statistics of the Population of Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-17.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It has returned as Anvik since 1890 (however, for the purpose of consolidation, Anvik's total population that year included both the Anvik Mission and Station, as well as the native (Tinneh) village and [[Kaltag, Alaska|Kaltag]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Census Office |first=United States |year=1893 |title=Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census, 1890 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRcwAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Annovokhamiut%22&pg=RA2-PA164}}</ref> It incorporated in 1969.

At the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> there were 104 people, 39 households and 23 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|10.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 49 housing units at an average density of {{convert|5.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94 [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], nine [[Race (United States Census)|White]], and one from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. One also reported [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] ethnicity.

Of the 39 households, 41.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.8% were married couples living together, 25.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.43.

Age distribution was 34 under the age of 15, 6 from 16 to 18, 9 from 18 to 24, 28 from 25 to 44, 19 from 45 to 64, and 8 who were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 30.14 and the median age was 28.5 years, compared to 32.4 for the entire state. There were 57 males (35 over 18) and 47 females (29 over 18).

The annual [[median household income]] was $21,250, and the median family income was $18,125. Males had a median income of $0 versus $18,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $8,081 (compare $21,587 nationally). Median rent was $263 and monthly housing and mortgage costs were $833. There were 40.0% of families and 44.2% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 45.5% of under eighteens and 50.0% of those over 64.

==Education==
The [[Iditarod Area School District]] operates the Blackwell School in Anvik.<ref>"[http://www.iditarodsd.org/new-page-41/ Blackwell School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328111305/http://www.iditarodsd.org/new-page-41/ |date=2017-03-28 }}." [[Iditarod Area School District]]. Retrieved on March 28, 2017.</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal |last=Ekada, Patricia J. |title=Athabascan Culture-From the Lower Yukon Area}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Alaska}}
* [https://dcced.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=e7549fecab5b417b8a7458f9b68c5888 Anvik] at the Community Database Online from the [[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs]]
* Maps from the [[Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195106/http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/images/maps/3_29_20map.pdf 2000], [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222085641/http://labor.alaska.gov/research/census/placemaps/03880.pdf 2010]
* [http://www.anviktribalcouncil.com Anvik Tribal Council]
* [http://www.anvik.org Anvik Historical Society]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080703215314/http://anv.schoolaccess.net/ Blackwell School] in Anvik
* {{Cite web |last=Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development |title=The History of Anvik |url=http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Anvik.htm |access-date=March 22, 2008 |publisher=ExploreNorth}}
* {{Cite web |year=2008 |title=Anvik, AK Community Profile |url=http://alaska.hometownlocator.com/AK/Yukon-Koyukuk-CA/Anvik.cfm |access-date=March 22, 2008 |website=AK HomeTownLocator |publisher=HTL, Inc. |format=[[ColdFusion|.cfm]]}}
* {{Cite web |year=2007 |title=Anvik, Alaska city profile |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27924 |access-date=March 22, 2008 |publisher=ePodunk Inc.}}

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[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]
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[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska]]
[[Category:Yukon River]]