Editing St. George, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = St. George
| native_name                     = Anĝaaxchalux̂
| settlement_type                 = [[City (Alaska)|City]]
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = 
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| image_caption                   = Aerial view of St. George harbor
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| pushpin_map                     = USA Alaska
| 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               = [[Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska|Aleutians West]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = 
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Mark Merculief<ref>{{Cite book|title=2024 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2024}}</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                = September 13, 1983<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=128}}</ref>

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| 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|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028015839/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_02.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_magnitude                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 472.17
| area_land_km2                   = 90.08
| area_water_km2                  = 382.09
| area_total_sq_mi                = 182.31
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 34.78
| area_water_sq_mi                = 147.52

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| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 67
| population_density_km2          = 0.74
| population_density_sq_mi        = 1.93
| timezone                        = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -9
| timezone_DST                    = AKDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -8
| elevation_footnotes             = 
| elevation_m                     = 60
| elevation_ft                    = 197
| coordinates                     = {{coord|56|36|20|N|169|33|35|W|region:US-AK|display=inline}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 99591
| 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                      = 02-65800
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|website = {{URL|http://www.stgeorgealaska.com/index.asp}}
}}
'''St. George''' ({{langx|ale|Anĝaaxchalux̂ or Sangiurgiix̂}}, {{langx|ru|Сент-Джордж}}) is a city in [[Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska]], United States. It is the main settlement of '''St. George Island''' in the [[Pribilof Islands|Pribilofs]], a small island group in the [[Bering Sea]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 67, down from 102 in 2010 and the lowest figure since records began in 1880.

== History ==
The island was discovered by [[Gavriil Pribylov]] on June 25, 1786, during a search for the breeding grounds of [[northern fur seal]]s. The island is named after Pribylov's ship, the ''St. George''. St. George Island was the first of the Pribilofs to be discovered.<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |date=November 10, 2005 |title=Pribilof Islands Restoration Project Historical Overview |url=http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_subtopic_topic)=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=180&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=12&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508120502/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_subtopic_topic)=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=180&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=12&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=2 |archive-date=May 8, 2009 |accessdate=January 22, 2009 |publisher=[[NOAA]]}}</ref>

Built in 1935, the sole church on the island is [[St. George the Great Martyr Orthodox Church|St. George Church]], an [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] in the Diocese of Alaska of the [[Orthodox Church in America]].

On February 29, 1996 the [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] ''All American'' ran aground on the island without loss of life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A) |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206142206/https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>
[[File:All_American_ship_wreck_St_George_Island_1996.jpg|left|thumb|225x225px|The 1996 wreck of the crab-fishing vessel ''All American'' on St. George Island.]]

==Geography==
St. George is located at {{coord|56|36|20|N|169|33|35|W|type:city}} (56.605546, −169.559584).<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|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|182.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|34.8|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|147.6|sqmi|km2}} of it (80.94%) is water.

The city is served by [[St. George Airport (Alaska)|an airport]] with scheduled service to [[St. Paul Island Airport]] and [[Unalaska Airport]] provided by [[Grant Aviation]]. [[Alaska Central Express]] also offers flights to Anchorage.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| collapsed =
| location = St. George, Alaska (1991–2020)
| single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 43
|Feb record high F = 44
|Mar record high F = 44
|Apr record high F = 48
|May record high F = 63
|Jun record high F = 62
|Jul record high F = 71
|Aug record high F = 66
|Sep record high F = 59
|Oct record high F = 52
|Nov record high F = 47
|Dec record high F = 44
| Jan avg record high F = 38.9
| Feb avg record high F = 39.0
| Mar avg record high F = 39.5
| Apr avg record high F = 42.6
| May avg record high F = 50.7
| Jun avg record high F = 54.5
| Jul avg record high F = 58.9
| Aug avg record high F = 58.3
| Sep avg record high F = 53.8
| Oct avg record high F = 48.8
| Nov avg record high F = 43.8
| Dec avg record high F = 41.4
|year avg record high F = 61.0
|Jan high F = 30.3
|Feb high F = 31.5
|Mar high F = 31.4
|Apr high F = 35.4
|May high F = 41.7
|Jun high F = 47.2
|Jul high F = 51.2
|Aug high F = 52.4
|Sep high F = 49.6
|Oct high F = 43.3
|Nov high F = 37.9
|Dec high F = 33.7
|year high F= 40.5
|Jan mean F = 26.5
|Feb mean F = 27.7
|Mar mean F = 27.3
|Apr mean F = 31.5
|May mean F = 37.6
|Jun mean F = 43.3
|Jul mean F = 47.8
|Aug mean F = 49.3
|Sep mean F = 46.0
|Oct mean F = 39.5
|Nov mean F = 34.1
|Dec mean F = 29.8
|year mean F= 36.7
|Jan low F = 22.8
|Feb low F = 24.0
|Mar low F = 23.3
|Apr low F = 27.6
|May low F = 33.5
|Jun low F = 39.4
|Jul low F = 44.4
|Aug low F = 46.2
|Sep low F = 42.4
|Oct low F = 35.7
|Nov low F = 30.4
|Dec low F = 25.9
|year low F= 33.0
| Jan avg record low F = 9.3
| Feb avg record low F = 9.5
| Mar avg record low F = 10.9
| Apr avg record low F = 15.0
| May avg record low F = 25.2
| Jun avg record low F = 32.4
| Jul avg record low F = 38.5
| Aug avg record low F = 39.9
| Sep avg record low F = 32.7
| Oct avg record low F = 25.8
| Nov avg record low F = 20.1
| Dec avg record low F = 11.2
|year avg record low F = 4.1
|Jan record low F = 0
|Feb record low F = -6
|Mar record low F = -4
|Apr record low F = -3
|May record low F = 15
|Jun record low F = 26
|Jul record low F = 30
|Aug record low F = 32
|Sep record low F = 27
|Oct record low F = 16
|Nov record low F = 14
|Dec record low F = 3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.17
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.06
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.80
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.89
|May precipitation inch = 1.01
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.26
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.97
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.66
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.53
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.00
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.25
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.78
|year precipitation inch= 20.38
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 13.8
|Feb precipitation days = 14.1
|Mar precipitation days = 11.1
|Apr precipitation days = 12.3
|May precipitation days = 13.1
|Jun precipitation days = 11.5
|Jul precipitation days = 14.5 
|Aug precipitation days = 17.2
|Sep precipitation days = 19.1
|Oct precipitation days = 22.9
|Nov precipitation days = 21.0
|Dec precipitation days = 18.7
|year precipitation days=
| source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=afc |title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = February 16, 2022 |archive-date = February 16, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220216223447/https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=afc |url-status = live }}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 92
|1890= 93
|1910= 90
|1920= 138
|1930= 153
|1940= 183
|1950= 187
|1960= 264
|1970= 163
|1980= 158
|1990= 138
|2000= 152
|2010= 102
|2020= 67
|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|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211012836/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
St. George first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated Aleut village. Of its 92 residents, 88 were Aleut and 4 were White.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v8-01.pdf |title=Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890 |website=United States Census Bureau |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123830/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v8-01.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref> It returned again in 1890 with 93 residents, reporting 49 Natives (presumably Aleut), 36 Creoles (Mixed Russian & Native), and 8 Whites. It did not report on the 1900 census. From 1910 to 1940, it reported as "St. George Island." In 1950, it reported as St. George. In 1960, it reported again as "St. George Island." From 1970-onwards, it has reported as St. George. It formally incorporated in 1983.

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|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> of 2000, there were 152 people, 51 households, and 42 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|4.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 67 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.11% [[Race (United States Census)|Alaska Native]] and 7.89% [[Race (United States Census)|White]].

There were 51 households, out of which 47.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% were non-families. 15.7% 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 2.98 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 36.8% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 113.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $57,083, and the median income for a family was $60,625. Males had a median income of $50,625 versus $31,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $21,131. About 4.9% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

==Education==
[[File:School children on St. George - NARA - 297137.jpg|thumb|250px|School children on St. George (15.April.1920)]]
St. George is served by the [[Pribilof Island School District]]. In 2004, the district began offering 9–12th grade to St. George students via video conference. Students have a choice: they can live at home and attend [[distance education]] classes or they can leave home and attend a [[boarding school]] like [[Mt. Edgecumbe High School]].

In 2017, St. George School was closed entirely due to low enrollment. The district now offers a correspondence program for grades K-10.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kraegel |first1=Laura |title=Low Enrollment Forces St. George Island To Shut Down Its School |url=https://www.kucb.org/post/low-enrollment-forces-st-george-island-shut-down-its-school |website=www.kucb.org |date=September 8, 2017 |accessdate=November 29, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811165609/https://www.kucb.org/post/low-enrollment-forces-st-george-island-shut-down-its-school |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Geography and wildlife ==
The island is notable as being the breeding site of over 75% of the known population of [[red-legged kittiwake]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byrd |first=G. V. |last2=Williams |first2=J. C. |date=1993 |title=Red-legged Kittiwake |url=https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/relkit/introduction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214526/https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/relkit/introduction/ |archive-date=August 26, 2018 |access-date=August 26, 2018 |website=Birds of North America Online |language=en}}</ref>

In 2016, a new species of [[beaked whale]], ''[[Berardius beringiae]]'', was discovered near the island.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Yereth |date=July 27, 2016 |title=New and rare whale species identified from carcass found in Pribilofs |newspaper=[[Alaska Dispatch News]] |url=http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2016/07/26/new-and-rare-whale-species-identified-from-carcass-found-in-pribilofs/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728164245/http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2016/07/26/new-and-rare-whale-species-identified-from-carcass-found-in-pribilofs/ |archive-date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>

St. George Island is considered part of the [[Bering Sea Volcanic Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar chronology and eruption rates of Cenozoic volcanism in the eastern Bering Sea Volcanic Province, Alaska |url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18973779 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603175022/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18973779 |archive-date=June 3, 2012 |access-date=April 11, 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Saint George Island, Alaska}}
*{{Official website|http://www.stgeorgealaska.com/index.asp}}{{Dead link|date=September 2020}}
*[https://tanaq.com/ St. George Tanaq Corporation] 
*{{HABS |survey=AK-63 |id=ak0269 |title=Village of St. George, St. George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK}}
*{{HAER|survey=AK-25|id=ak0267|title=Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK|photos=7|cap=1}}

{{Coord|display=title|56.605546|-169.559584}}
{{Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]
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[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Alaska]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean]]
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[[Category:1983 establishments in Alaska]]
[[Category:Pribilof Islands]]