Editing Karluk, Alaska

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|official_name            = Karluk
|native_name              = Kal’uq, Kal’ut  
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|image_caption            = Karluk sandspit in the late 1800s showing cannery and village; the source termed the Karluk River the "River of Life" due to the dense [[salmon run]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Borough]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska|Kodiak Island]]
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|leader_title             = Borough [[mayor]]
|leader_name              = Jerrol Friend<ref>{{Cite book|title=2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2015|page=11}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
|leader_name1             = [[Gary Stevens (Alaska politician)|Gary Stevens]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name2             = [[Louise Stutes]] (R)
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|population_total         = 27
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|postal_code              = 99608
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
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'''Karluk''' (''Kal’uq'' or ''Kal’ut''<ref>[http://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/map/names/ ANLC : Alaska Native Place Names]</ref> in [[Alutiiq language|Alutiiq]]; {{langx|ru|Карлук}}) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska|Kodiak Borough]], [[Kodiak Island]], [[Alaska]], United States. The population was 37 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0237540| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210222627/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0237540| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 10, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Karluk CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref> up from 27 in 2000.

==Geography==
[[File:Karluk Spit, Karluk, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 8).jpeg|thumb|The Karluk Spit, 1906]]
Karluk is located at {{coord|57|34|41|N|154|21|45|W|type:city}} (57.578081, -154.362557)<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|149.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|143.6|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|6.3|km2|disp=flip}}, or 4.20%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> Karluk is {{convert|88|mi|km}} southwest of Kodiak City. The elevation is {{convert|137|ft|m}}.

==Demographics==
[[File:Native barabaras, or sod huts, probably Eskimo, Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 6).jpeg|thumb|[[Barabara]]s in Karluk with steeple in background]]
{{US Census population
|1880= 302
|1890= 1123
|1900= 470
|1910= 549
|1920= 99
|1930= 192
|1940= 189
|1950= 144
|1960= 129
|1970= 98
|1980= 96
|1990= 71
|2000= 27
|2010= 37
|2020= 27
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Alaska Packers Association Hatchery at Karluk, Alaska, nd (COBB 220).jpeg|thumb|Alaska Packers Association hatchery at Karluk, photo by [[John Nathan Cobb]]]]

Karluk first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village with 302 residents, including an Inuit majority of 277, with 24 "Creole" (Mixed Russian & Native) and 1 White. In 1890, it reported 1,123 residents, making it the 3rd largest community in Alaska, narrowly behind [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] with 1,253 and the then-capital of [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]] with 1,190. A plurality being Asian, with 542 (the largest community of Asians), 391 Whites, 167 Native Alaskans, 20 Creoles and 3 not classified.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRcwAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Annovokhamiut%22&pg=RA2-PA164 |title = Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census, 1890|year = 1893|last1 = Census Office|first1 = United States}}</ref> It has continued to report in every successive census to date. It was erroneously reported on the 1940 census as "Karluck." In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

[[File:Orthodox church in Karluk.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ascension of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church]] in Karluk. Built in 1888, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 6, 1980.]]
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 27 people, 9 households, and 7 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|0.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 24 housing units at an average density of {{convert|0.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.00% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 96.30% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]] and 3.70% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]].

[[File:Group of Native men, probably Eskimos, Karluk Village, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 4).jpeg|thumb|Men in Karluk Village, 1906. Sod hut ([[barabara]]) in background]]
There were 9 households, out of which 44.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 33.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.2% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.43.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 37.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 14.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 125.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $19,167, and the median income for a family was $19,167. Males had a median income of $0 versus $20,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $13,736. There were no families and none of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==History==
[[File:Fishermen hauling a salmon seine, Karluk, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 62).jpeg|thumb|Hauling a salmon seine in Karluk, 1906]]
[[File:Karluk Cannery, Karluk, Alaska, nd (COBB 261).jpeg|thumb|Karluk Cannery]]

In 1787 [[Evstratii Delarov]], manager of the Russian [[Shelikhov-Golikov Company]] established an outpost at Karluk.<ref>{{cite book |last= Black |first= Lydia |title= Russians in Alaska, 1732-1867 |year= 2004 |publisher= University of Alaska Press |isbn= 978-1-889963-04-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NSRxrDm0JYYC&pg=PA108 |page= 108}}</ref>

On March 17, 1945, the village participated in the rescue of seven (7) U.S. Navy aviators who ditched their [[Lockheed Ventura|PB1 Ventura patrol bomber]] offshore.<ref>[http://209.165.152.119/navy/1944_pv1_karluk.txt U.S. Navy Archives]</ref>

In 2021, the [[Ascension of Our Lord Chapel]] was relocated from a bluff overlooking the river to prevent its destruction.<ref>{{cite web |last1=duVall |first1=Shina |title=HOW WE RESCUED THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD CHURCH IN KARLUK, ALASKA, FROM FALLING OFF A CLIFF |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/how-we-rescued-the-ascension-of-our-lord-church-in-karluk-alaska-from-falling-off-a-cliff.htm |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref>

==Education==
The Karluk School, a K-12 rural school, is operated by the [[Kodiak Island Borough School District]].<ref>"[http://www.kibsd.org/domain/304 Our Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215212011/http://www.kibsd.org/domain/304 |date=February 15, 2017 }}." [[Kodiak Island Borough School District]]. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Native Village of Karluk]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.oca.org/DIRlisting.asp?SID=9&KEY=OCA-AK-KARAOL Ascension of Our Lord Chapel, Karluk]

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean]]
[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska]]