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Welcome to Cape Yakataga ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cape Yakataga, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1935.

Cape Yakataga is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Cape Yakataga lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cape Yakataga: 907

Adding Cape Yakataga to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cape Yakataga in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cape Yakataga was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Cape Yakataga post office opened in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cape Yakataga.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cape Yakataga - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/