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Brevig Mission, Alaska

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568: 1240: 57: 73: 581: 1091: 80: 372:, up from 276 in 2000. It is named for the Norwegian Lutheran pastor Tollef L. Brevig, who served at the mission that would later bear his name. First settled in 1900, the mission became known as Teller Mission before receiving its current name. The mostly Inupiat Eskimo population continues to practice subsistence. Brevig Mission is a 642:
In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 45.3% under the age of 18, 12.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 10.1% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 20 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and
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The pandemic caused by the 1918 influenza outbreak was by far the most devastating single disease outbreak in modern history, killing at least 50 million people during an 18-month period. In Brevig Mission alone, it killed 72 out of 80 residents in a 5-day period. The 72 victims were buried in the
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Of the 68 households, 52.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.9% were married couples living together, 25.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who
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of 2000, there were 276 people, 68 households, and 53 families residing in the city. The population density was 106.3 inhabitants per square mile (41.0/km). There were 76 housing units at an average density of 29.3 per square mile (11.3/km). The racial makeup of the city was 8.0%
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frozen ground in a mass grave dug for them by gold miners and marked by white crosses. As happened elsewhere in the Americas after the arrival of Columbus, Indigenous Alaska Natives had no genetic resistance to any flu, so it decimated many villages.
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Brevig Mission first appeared on the 1950 U.S. Census and in 1960 as the unincorporated village of "Teller Mission." In 1969, it was formally incorporated under its present name of Brevig Mission.
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The median income for a household in the city was $ 21,875, and the median income for a family was $ 16,786. Males had a median income of $ 11,250 versus $ 25,000 for females. The
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was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.06 and the average family size was 4.35.
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Native huts and storage platforms, with platform graves in the distance, Teller reindeer station (1894)
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for the city was $ 7,278. About 43.3% of families and 48.4% of the population were below the
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from her lung tissue. It enabled them to analyze the structure of the 1918
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exhumed the frozen remains of an Iñupiat woman who had been buried in the
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Sale, importation and possession of alcohol are banned in the village.
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in a gravesite near Brevig Mission in a successful attempt to recover
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Inupiaq
City
Brevig Mission in 2017
Brevig Mission is located in Alaska
65°20′3″N 166°29′35″W / 65.33417°N 166.49306°W / 65.33417; -166.49306
State
Alaska
Census Area
Nome
Incorporated
Mayor
State senator
Donny Olson
D
State rep.
Neal Foster
Time zone
UTC-9
Alaska (AKST)
DST
UTC-8
ZIP code
Area code
907
FIPS code
GNIS
1420670
Inupiaq
Nome Census Area, Alaska
2010 census

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