Wade Hampton Census Area
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Wade Hampton Census Area was a former census area in western Alaska that encompassed several remote, predominantly Alaska Native communities along the Bering Sea coast.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census area
ⓘ
former county-equivalent ⓘ |
| adminCenter | Hooper Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Bethel Census Area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nome Census Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| censusStatus | no county seat ⓘ |
| characteristic |
predominantly Alaska Native communities
ⓘ
remote communities ⓘ |
| classification | rural area ⓘ |
| coastlineOn | Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containedSettlement |
Alakanuk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chevak NERFINISHED ⓘ Emmonak NERFINISHED ⓘ Hooper Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Kotlik NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountain Village NERFINISHED ⓘ Nunam Iqua NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilot Station ⓘ Pitkas Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ Scammon Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Marys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataCollectedBy | United States Census Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 2015 ⓘ |
| economicCharacteristic | subsistence-based economy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupMajority | Yupik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSClass | county equivalent ⓘ |
| governingBody | no borough government ⓘ |
| includedRegion |
Bering Sea coastal villages
ⓘ
Yukon River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageCommonlySpoken | Central Alaskan Yupik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
western Alaska ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bering Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Wade Hampton III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Unorganized Borough, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationMajority | Alaska Native NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForRenaming | controversial namesake Wade Hampton III ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Kusilvak Census Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Kusilvak Census Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Alaska Time Zone ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.