Nunam Iqua, AK

Nunam Iqua, formerly called Sheldon Point, is a city in the Kusilvak Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2010 census the pop…
Nunam Iqua, formerly called Sheldon Point, is a city in the Kusilvak Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2010 census the population was 187, up from 164 in 2000. Nunam Iqua is a Yupik name meaning "land's end". A man named Sheldon opened a fish saltery there in the 1930s, and the city was incorporated under the name Sheldon Point in 1974. The name was changed to Nunam Iqua in a November 1999 referendum.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Alaska
  • Incorporated: 1974
  • Area code: 907
  • Census Area: Kusilvak Census Area
  • ZIP code: 99666
  • FIPS code: 02-56600

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