St. Mary's, Alaska

Saint Mary's
Negeqliq (Central Yupik)
Saint Mary's is located in Alaska
Saint Mary's
Saint Mary's
Location within the state of Alaska
Coordinates: 62°2′43″N 163°13′7″W / 62.04528°N 163.21861°W / 62.04528; -163.21861
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaKusilvak Census Area
IncorporatedAugust 2, 1967[1]
Government
 • MayorWilliam F. Alstrom[2]
 • State senatorDonald Olson (D)
 • State rep.Neal Foster (D)
Area
 • Total51.57 sq mi (133.56 km2)
 • Land44.60 sq mi (115.53 km2)
 • Water6.96 sq mi (18.03 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total599
 • Density13.43/sq mi (5.19/km2)
ZIP code
99658
Area code907
FIPS code02-66140

St. Mary's (Central Yupik: Negeqliq) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. The adjacent village of Andreafsky (historically known as Clear River) joined with St. Mary's in 1980.[4] At the 2010 census the population was 507, up from 500 in 2000. By 2018, the population was estimated to be 567.

Within Saint Mary's there are two federally-recognized tribes the Algaaciq Native Village and the Yuupiit of Andreafsky.[5]

  1. ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 129.
  2. ^ 2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League. 2015. p. 135.
  3. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "The History of Andreafsky". ExploreNorth. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  5. ^ Nicole Herman-Mercer, 2010. Indigenous environmental knowledge: past cases and future prospects

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