Norton Sound · AK
Unalakleet
The Iditarod's first stop on Norton Sound.
- Population
- 765 (2020 census)
- Telegraph
- 1901
- Incorporated
- 1974
Then
- 1830s
The Russian-American Company builds a trading post.
- 1901
An Army telegraph line from St. Michael passes through.
- 1974
Unalakleet incorporates.
Now
The first Iditarod musher to arrive wins $2,500 in gold nuggets. The name is Iñupiaq for "from the southern side."