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Welcome to Kotlik ...

The coastal city of Kotlik is located on Norton Sound.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kotlik, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1930.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Kotlik has a population of 644 people<1> (see below for details).

Kotlik is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Kotlik: 907

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Kotlik had an population of 644 people. This is an increase of 11.61% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 8.97% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Kotlik had a population of 577 people.

The population of Kotlik represents 0.08% of the total population of Alaska (which has 710,231 people), making it the state's 48th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 577 people, the population of Kotlik decreased 2.37% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 591 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Kotlik.

TripAdvisor Tourism Page for Kotlik ...

Looking for more information about Kotlik? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

You can learn more by visiting the TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kotlik.

Adding Kotlik to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kotlik 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 Kotlik was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Kotlik post office opened in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kotlik.

Footnotes ...

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Kotlik.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kotlik - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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