Port Clarence
Port
Clarence is southwest of Teller and Brevig Mission. It was built on a
sand spit by the bay of Port Clarence and Grantley Harbor on the Seward
Peninsula. It lies at approximately 65° 15' N Latitude, 166° 30' W
Longitude . The community is located in the Cape Nome Recording
District. The area encompasses 36 sq. miles of land and 42 sq. miles of
water.
The 1893 U.S. Census listed a
collective village at this site with a population of 485, of which 236
were native and 249 were foreign. Their descendants are the residents of
nearby Brevig Mission, Teller, and Wales.
|