Haycock is an
unincorporated community and mining camp in the
Nome Census Area,
Alaska, United States.
History
The community was founded in 1914 as a mining camp; it had a
post office from 1916 until 1957.
Demographics
Haycock first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It appeared again in 1930 and 1940. It has not returned since.
Notable person
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William E. Beltz
William Earnest Beltz (April 27, 1912 – November 21, 1960) was an American politician and carpenter.
Born in Bear Creek on the Seward Peninsula, Haycock, Alaska, Beltz was an Iñupiaq, the Inuit of Alaska. Beltz worked as a carpenter, e ...
, carpenter and politician, was born in Haycock.
['Last Rites For Beltz Held Today,' Faorbanks Daily News Miner, November 23, 1960, pg. 1]
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Nome Census Area, Alaska
Unincorporated communities in Alaska
Mining communities in Alaska
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