Name Other names Borough/census area Location Settled Abandoned Current status Remarks Afognak Kodiak Island Borough ~5,500 B.C.E. [ 1] March 27, 1964 A native Alutiiq village, first colonized by Russia in 1784, the community never recovered from the 1964 Good Friday earthquake . Akulurak Kusilvak Census Area 62 ° 33' 8" N, 164 ° 33' 10" W An Alaska Native village which has been largely abandoned due to runoff from a nearby mountain pass. [ 2] Amalga Juneau Borough 1902 1927 mining stopped for good at the Eagle River Mine, and the town of Amalga was abandoned. Many of the buildings were dismantled, and, along with some of the lighter pieces of equipment, hauled out on the seven-mile long horse tram. Attu Aleutians West Census Area 1880 U.S. Census Location of the only land battle to be fought in the United States during World War II . [ 3] Aurora Kenai Peninsula Borough At Kachemak Bay near Homer 1901 Barren An elaborate failed hoax built by wealthy businessman Thomas C. Dunn . [ 4] Ayak Ahyak, Ayaaq, Asaaq Nome Census Area Sledge Island c. 1918Abandoned during the 1918 flu pandemic .[ citation needed ] Belkofski Selo Belkovskoe [ 5] Aleutians East Borough 12 miles southeast of King Cove 1823 1980s Barren [ 6] Many of the villagers emigrated to King Cove and the village was completely abandoned about 1990. Bettles Old Bettles Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 1898 1997 Neglected Destroyed in The Palm Sunday Avalanche. Big Port Walter A former fishing community. [ 7] Biorka Aleutians West Census Area Vicinity of Unalaska 1900 Barren A native Aleut village and former mining town. [ 8] Caniliaq [ 8] Cape Fanshaw August 14, 1794 1937 [ 9] Caro 1907 (post office opened) 1912 (post office closed) Historic [ 10] Chatanika Fairbanks North Star Borough 1904 Historic A former gold rush boom town, the population of Chatanika is sparse. Chena Fairbanks North Star Borough 1903 Barren A boom town that was never properly surveyed, the exact location of Chena was lost until it was found buried beneath a suburb of Fairbanks . [ 11] Chenega Chugach Census Area 1964 The old village was destroyed in a Tsunami caused by the Good Friday earthquake in 1964 and was resettled at a different location as Chenega Bay. [ 12] Chernofski Aleutians West Census Area Vicinity of Unalaska 1928 A native Aleut village. [ 8] Chisana Copper River Census Area Chisna [ citation needed ] Chomly [ citation needed ] Chuloonawick Chuloonavik, Kwikpakamiut, Kwikpak Kusilvak Census Area 62.947176413841156°N, 164.16838545847418°W Before 1879 [ 13] After 1969 [ 14] [ 15] Barren Fishing camp; formerly inhabited by the Chuloonawick people of Emmonak . Coldfoot A mining boom town until the mines ran dry in 1912. [ 16] Copper City [ citation needed ] Coppermount [ citation needed ] Council Nome Census Area Curry Matanuska-Susitna Borough Dickson Nome Census Area Dunbar Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 64.759093, -148.787643 Barren A former railroad town. [ 17] Dyea Municipality of Skagway Borough Neglected Known for containing "The Slide", a cemetery in which almost everyone interred died in the same avalanche on April 3, 1898. [ 18] Flat Flat City Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area `1909 2004 A gold rush town that never recovered from a large fire in 1924. Fort Egbert Southeast Fairbanks Census Area [ 19] Funter Bay Gilmore [ citation needed ] Hamilton Nunapiggluugaq [ 8] Iditarod Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Independence Mines Matanuska-Susitna Borough Historic Kaguyak [ citation needed ] Kalakaket [ citation needed ] Kashega Aleutians West Census Area Vicinity of Unalaska A native Aleut village. [ 8] Katalla Valdez-Cordova Census Area 1943 Katmai Kodiak Island Borough 1912 Buried in ash by the 1912 eruption of Mount Katmai . [ 12] Kauwerak Nome Census Area An Inupiat village abandoned when most of the residents left for Mary's Igloo .[ citation needed ] Kennicott Copper River Census Area 4.5 miles from McCarthy 1938 Abandoned/historic [ 20] Kern Kenai Peninsula Borough Kijik Lake Clark Village, Nijik, Nikhkak, Nikhak, Old Keegik Lake and Peninsula Borough 1909 A native Athabascan village. [ 21] King Island Ugiuvak Nome Census Area 1970 Abandoned Once home to a tribe of Inupiat people known as the Ugiuvaŋmiut , the Bureau of Indian Affairs closed the island's school in the mid 20th century, forcing the children to move to the mainland for school and leaving the adults and elders unable to maintain their lifestyle. Knik K'enakatnu, Old Knik Townsite Matanuska-Susitna Borough Loring Ketchikan Gateway Borough Semi-abandoned Makushin Aleutians West Census Area Vicinity of Unalaska A native Aleut village. [ 8] Mary's Igloo Aukvaunlook Nome Census Area Meehan [ citation needed ] Mumtrak Bethel Census Area Repeat flooding caused the residents to abandon the site for Goodnews Bay . [ 12] Ohagamiut Bethel Census Area Old Minto Old Minto was abandoned due to repeat flooding. [ 12] Olnes [ citation needed ] Ophir Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Otter Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area A former mining village near Flat and Iditarod . [ 22] Pastuliq [ 8] Pedro [ citation needed ] Pilgrim Springs Pilgrim Hot Springs, Kruzgamepa [ 19] A mission that once contained an orphanage for children orphaned by the Influenza epidemic of 1918 . [ 12] Poorman Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Port Alexander Historic [ 7] Port Wakefield Kodiak Island Borough Portage Anchorage Portlock Kenai Peninsula Borough Prospect Creek Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Seaside [ citation needed ] Snettisham Juneau Borough Speel River [ citation needed ] Sulzer Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Three Saints Bay Kodiak Island Borough Tikigaq Point Hope Tikigaq, the Tikigagamiut village which existed before the current settlement of Point Hope, was abandoned due to erosion. Tin City Nome Census Area Toklat [ citation needed ] Treadwell Juneau [ 19] Unga Aleutians East Borough White Eye Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area [ 12] York Nome Census Area West of Wales Every resident of York died during the Influenza epidemic of 1918 . [ 12] 
