Prospect Creek

Prospect Creek is a ghost town in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, recorded as human settlement in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States of America. It is one of 3 former communities in Yukon-Koyukuk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 34 Alaska counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Prospect Creek as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 66.8133° N, 150.6440° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Alaska before 1931 that mention “Prospect Creek”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 35 pages in all.

• 1900-09-08The Daily Morning Alaskan (Skagway, Alaska)
• 1901-07-18The Daily Morning Alaskan (Skagway, Alaska)
• 1902-10-08The Nome Nugget (Nome, Alaska)
• 1903-07-22The Nome Nugget (Nome, Alaska)
• 1903-08-19The Nome Nugget (Nome, Alaska)
• 1904-05-04The Nome Nugget (Nome, Alaska)

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