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Nome, Alaska
Nome
(,
Siqnazuaq
in
Iñupiaq
) is a city in the
Nome Census Area
in the
Unorganized Borough
of the
U.S. state
of
Alaska
. The city is located on the southern
Seward Peninsula
coast on
Norton Sound
of the
Bering Sea
. According to the
2010 Census
, the city population was 3,598. The 2014 population estimate was 3,788, suggesting a slight increase. Nome was
incorporated
on April 9, 1901, and was once the most populous city in Alaska. Nome lies within the region of the
Bering Straits Native Corporation
.
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