Editing Shageluk, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Shageluk
|settlement_type          = [[City (Alaska)|City]]
|native_name              = Łeggi Jitno’ / Edixi
     
| native_name_lang        = ing
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|pushpin_map_caption  = Location in Alaska

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|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]]
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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Chevie Roach<ref>{{Cite book|title=2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2015|page=145}}</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)
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = July 9, 1970<ref>{{cite journal|title=Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974|journal=Alaska Local Government|volume=XIII|issue=2|page=75|location=Juneau|publisher=[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]]|date=January 1974}}</ref>

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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 29.78
|area_land_km2            = 26.46
|area_water_km2           = 3.32
|area_total_sq_mi         = 11.50
|area_land_sq_mi          = 10.22
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|population_total         = 100
|population_density_km2   = 3.78
|population_density_sq_mi = 9.79
|timezone                 = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
|utc_offset               = -9
|timezone_DST             = AKDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -8
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 19
|elevation_ft             = 62
|coordinates              = {{coord|62|39|22|N|159|31|52|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 99665
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
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|blank_info               = 02-68670
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'''Shageluk'''{{Pronunciation needed|date=July 2023}} ([[Deg Xinag language|Deg Xinag]]: {{lang|ing|Łeggi Jitno’}}{{Pronunciation needed|date=July 2023}}<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>) is a city in [[Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]], United States. At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the population was 83, down from 129 in 2000.

==Geography==
Shageluk is located at {{coord|62|39|22|N|159|31|52|W|type:city}} (62.655998, -159.531132).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|10.6|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|1.4|sqmi|km2}} of it (11.53%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 150
|1920= 130
|1930= 88
|1940= 92
|1950= 100
|1960= 155
|1970= 167
|1980= 131
|1990= 139
|2000= 129
|2010= 83
|2020= 100
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
Shageluk first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the center of an unincorporated area called "Chageluk Settlements."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=shageluk&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref> It reported 150 residents, all of the [[Tinneh]] tribe.<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> It would not report again on the census until 1920, when Shageluk appeared separately as an unincorporated village. In 1966, the village relocated 2 miles south to higher ground because of flooding and rebuilt. It formally incorporated in 1970. The old townsite is within the present city boundaries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Shageluk.htm|title = The History of Shageluk, Alaska - ExploreNorth}}</ref>

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 129 people, 36 households, and 29 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|12.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 52 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 3.10% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 96.90% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]].

There were 36 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 16.7% were non-families. 16.7% 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 3.58 and the average family size was 3.83.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 42.6% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,667, and the median income for a family was $24,000. Males had a median income of $11,250 versus $22,083 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $7,587.

==Transportation ==
It is served by the [[Shageluk Airport]].

==Education==
The [[Iditarod Area School District]] operates the Innoko River School in Shageluk.<ref>"[http://www.iditarodsd.org/new-page-2/ Innoko River School]." [[Iditarod Area School District]]. Retrieved on March 28, 2017.</ref>

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

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[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]
[[Category:Cities in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Deg Xitʼan]]