Editing Chuathbaluk, Alaska

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|native_name              = Curarpalek
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Bethel Census Area, Alaska|Bethel]]
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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Robert Golley, Jr.<ref>{{Cite book|title=2023 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|date=January 2023|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|location=[[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]]|page=56|url=https://www.akml.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chuathbaluk.pdf|access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
|leader_name1             = [[Lyman Hoffman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
|leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name2             = [[Bryce Edgmon]] ([[Independent politician|I]])
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1975<ref>{{cite book|title=1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=[[Juneau]]|publisher=Alaska Municipal League/[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]]|date=January 1996|page=39}}</ref>

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|area_total_km2           = 16.12
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|population_total         = 104
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|elevation_ft             = 154
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|postal_code              = 99557<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/99557|title=Chuathbaluk AK ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
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|blank_info               = 02-14330
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'''Chuathbaluk'''{{Pronunciation needed|date=July 2023}} ({{langx|esu|Curarpalek}}{{Pronunciation needed|date=July 2023}}) is a city in [[Bethel Census Area, Alaska|Bethel Census Area]], Alaska, United States.

At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 102,<ref>https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/alaska/chuathbaluk</ref> down from 118 in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0214330| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212174205/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0214330| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chuathbaluk city, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=September 18, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chuathbaluk is located at {{coord|61|34|32|N|159|14|50|W|type:city}} (61.575693, -159.247311),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the [[Kuskokwim River]], approximately {{convert|100|mi|-1}} upstream from [[Bethel, Alaska|Bethel]]. The Russian Mountains, a small circular mountain range, stand just to the north of the town.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|9.0|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|4.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 33.19%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 94
|1980= 105
|1990= 97
|2000= 119
|2010= 118
|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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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Chuathbaluk first appeared on the 1970 census as an unincorporated village. It formally incorporated in 1975. Prior to that, the community had been known as "Little Russian Mission." This was not to be confused with the present city of Russian Mission (Ikogmute) on the Yukon, so it was often called the Little Russian Mission to avoid confusion. Under the prior name, it never reported a population separately.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=russian+mission&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref>

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 119 people, 33 households, and 23 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|33.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 43 housing units at an average density of {{convert|12.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 5.04% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 91.60% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.84% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.52% from two or more races.

There were 33 households, out of which 45.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.3% were married couples living together, 27.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.61 and the average family size was 4.21.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 42.9% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,286, and the median income for a family was $34,167. Males had a median income of $46,250 versus $28,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $10,100. There were 16.7% of families and 24.1% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 27.5% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==History==
During the 19th century, [[Deg Hit'an]] Athabascan people had summer fish camps in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/ingalik.html |title=Ingalik |website=www.mnsu.edu |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113064316/http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/ingalik.html |archive-date=November 13, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Russian Orthodox Church]] built the St. Sergius Mission by 1894, and residents of Kukuktuk from {{convert|20|mi}} downriver moved to the mission.

Once established, village has been called Chukbak, St. Sergius Mission, Kuskokwim Russian Mission, and Little Russian Mission. The village was often confused with Russian Mission on the [[Yukon River|Yukon]], so in the 1960s the name was changed to Chuathbaluk, which is derived from the [[Yup'ik]] word ''Curapalek'', meaning "the hills where the big blueberries grow."

Much of the village was lost in an [[influenza]] epidemic in 1900. By 1929, the site was deserted, although Russian Orthodox members continued to hold services at the mission. In 1954, the [[Crow Village Sam|Crow Village Sam Phillips]] family from [[Crow Village, Alaska|Crow Village]] resettled the mission, and later residents of [[Aniak, Alaska|Aniak]] and [[Crooked Creek, Alaska|Crooked Creek]] joined their settlement. The church was rebuilt in the late 1950s, and a state school opened in the 1960s. The city was incorporated in 1975.

==Education==
The [[Kuspuk School District]] operates a K-12 rural school, Crow Village Sam School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0200760|title=Kuspuk School District schools for this district|publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]|access-date=2024-05-27}}</ref>

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[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]
[[Category:Cities in Bethel Census Area, Alaska]]