Editing Livengood, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Livengood, Alaska
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_skyline            = Downtown Livengood, Alaska.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Livengood cabin
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               =

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|image_map                = AKMap-doton-Livengood.PNG
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Livengood, Alaska
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<!-- 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]]
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
|leader_name              = [[Click Bishop]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|leader_title1            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name1             = [[Mike Cronk]] (R)
|established_title        = 
|established_date         =

<!-- Area -->
|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|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 688.01
|area_land_km2            = 686.76
|area_water_km2           = 1.25
|area_total_sq_mi         = 265.64
|area_land_sq_mi          = 265.16
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.48

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 16
|population_density_km2   = 0.02
|population_density_sq_mi = 0.06

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|timezone                 = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
|utc_offset               = -9
|timezone_DST             = AKDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -8
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 212
|elevation_ft             = 696
|coordinates              = {{coord|65|29|24|N|148|32|48|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 99712<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/99712|title=Livengood AK ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
|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               = 02-44580
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1405579
|website                  = 
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'''Livengood''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|aɪ|v|ə|n|ɡ|ʊ|d}} is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]], United States. The population was 16 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], compared to 13 in 2010 and 29 in 2000.

==History==
[[Gold]] was discovered in 1914, on Livengood Creek by N.R. Hudson and Jay Livengood.  The village was founded near the Hudson/Livengood claim as a [[mining]] camp during the winter of 1914-1915, when hundreds of people came into the district.<ref name="Ira">{{cite book |last1=Harkey |first1=Ira |title=Pioneer Bush Pilot |date=1991 |publisher=Bantam Books |isbn=0553289195 |page=98}}</ref><ref name="Jim">{{cite book |last1=Rearden |first1=Jim |title=Alaska's First Bush Pilots, 1923-30 |date=2009 |publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Missoula |isbn=9781575101477 |pages=30–31}}</ref>

A [[post office]] was established in 1915 and was discontinued in 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ast2.com/livengood_alaska.htm |title=Livengood Alaska |access-date=May 13, 2014 |archive-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514133016/http://ast2.com/livengood_alaska.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A [[construction]] camp was located near Livengood during the construction of the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System|Trans-Alaska Pipeline]].<ref>[[Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System#Pipeline camps]]</ref>

Livengood was the last operating location of the antiquated 2600&nbsp;Hz [[telephone]] trunk system. It was switched to the modern system in March 2011.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

==Geography==
Livengood is located at {{coord|65|29|24|N|148|32|48|W|type:city}} (65.489993, -148.546629).<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|267.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|265.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2}} (0.81%) is water.

==Climate==
Livengood has a dry-winter [[continental subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] Dwc).

{{Weather box
|location = Livengood
|single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 38
| Feb record high F = 36
| Mar record high F = 50
| Apr record high F = 91
| May record high F = 79
| Jun record high F = 90
| Jul record high F = 88
| Aug record high F = 87
| Sep record high F = 78
| Oct record high F = 70
| Nov record high F = 44
| Dec record high F = 39
| year record high F = 91
| Jan high F = -8
| Feb high F = -0.3
| Mar high F = 14.7
| Apr high F = 35.2
| May high F = 51.4
| Jun high F = 67.4
| Jul high F = 68.8
| Aug high F = 61.6
| Sep high F = 48.6
| Oct high F = 26.9
| Nov high F = 6.2
| Dec high F = 0.3
| year high F = 31.1
| Jan low F = -19.4
| Feb low F = -13
| Mar low F = -5.9
| Apr low F = 10.9
| May low F = 30.1
| Jun low F = 42.9
| Jul low F = 45.5
| Aug low F = 42.7
| Sep low F = 29.5
| Oct low F = 15.3
| Nov low F = -5.6
| Dec low F = -12.6
| year low F = 13.4
| Jan record low F = -55
| Feb record low F = -50
| Mar record low F = -41
| Apr record low F = -20
| May record low F = -5
| Jun record low F = 28
| Jul record low F = 28
| Aug record low F = 25
| Sep record low F = 10
| Oct record low F = -16
| Nov record low F = -47
| Dec record low F = -50
| year record low F = -55 | precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.18
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.22
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.33
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.27
| May precipitation inch = 0.81
| Jun precipitation inch = 1.24
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.38
| Aug precipitation inch = 2.38
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.4
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.6
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.32
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.51
| year precipitation inch = 10.63
| Jan precipitation days = 3
| Feb precipitation days = 3
| Mar precipitation days = 3
| Apr precipitation days = 2
| May precipitation days = 4
| Jun precipitation days = 8
| Jul precipitation days = 10
| Aug precipitation days = 11
| Sep precipitation days = 7
| Oct precipitation days = 5
| Nov precipitation days = 4
| Dec precipitation days = 4
| Jan snow inch = 6.7
| Feb snow inch = 7.7
| Mar snow inch = 5.4
| Apr snow inch = 4.1
| May snow inch = 0.5
| Jun snow inch = 0
| Jul snow inch = 0
| Aug snow inch = 0
| Sep snow inch = 0.3
| Oct snow inch = 8.1
| Nov snow inch = 8.1
| Dec snow inch = 11.2
| year snow inch = 52.3

|source 1 = <ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak5534 |title=LIVENGOOD DOT, AK (505534) |accessdate=November 19, 2015 |publisher=Western Regional Climate Center }}</ref>
|date=November 2015
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 131
|1930= 22
|1940= 153
|1950= 40
|2000= 29
|2010= 13
|2020= 16
|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:Geologic Map of the Livengood District.png|thumb|400px|[[Geological map]] of the Livengood District, where Qp are [[placer mining|placer workings]]]]

Livengood first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=livengood&pg=PA49 | title=Geological Survey Professional Paper| year=1949}}</ref> It continued to appear until 1950. It did not return again until 2000, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

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 29 people, 13 households, and 6 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|0.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 31 housing units at an average density of 0.11/sq&nbsp;mi (0.04/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race (United States census)|racial]] makeup of the CDP was 83% White, 7% Native American, 3% Asian, and 7% from two or more races.

There were 13 households, out of which 15% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40% were married couples living together, and 55% were non-families. 45% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.2 and the average family size was 3.2.

In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 31% under the age of 18, 21% from 25 to 44, 45% from 45 to 64, and 3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 107 males [14 females, 15 males]. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 150 males [8 females, 12 males].

The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $51,250 versus $0 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $21,215. There were no families and 15% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==References==
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{{Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]]