Nightmute, Alaska

About Nightmute

Nightmute is a tiny community in central Alaska counting 295 people who proudly call it home.

Nightmute holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 98.96 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 3 residents per square mile.

📰 Nightmute News Today

• 50 Years Later, Repatriation of the Human Remains to the Native Village of Umkumiut in Nightmute, Alaska, USA 明治大学 · Sep 30
• Disaster aid deadlines extended into 2026 for those affected by Western Alaska storms Alaska Beacon · Dec 15
• Nightmute faces heartbreak, loss as flooding upends Western Alaska village Alaska's News Source · Oct 14
• What to know about the recovery efforts in Alaska following ex-Typhoon Halong CBC · Oct 21
• Service members of Joint Task Force-Bethel clear storm debris in Nightmute, Alaska for Operation Merbok Response DVIDS · Sep 24

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What Makes Nightmute Unique

• The only place in America named Nightmute — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 2+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.

🏫 Schools in Nightmute

• Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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