Diomede, Alaska

About Diomede

Diomede, AK is a tiny community located in northwestern Alaska, home to 81 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Diomede holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 2.43 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 33 residents per square mile.

📰 Diomede News Today

• At the ‘Edge of Tomorrow,’ Diomede School fights its way back The Nome Nugget · Dec 11
• Chelsea’s Ben Seymour To Present Award-Winning History Work in Alaska The Sun Times News · Sep 16
• The US island where you can walk to Russia BBC · Aug 15
• Climate change batters Little Diomede, Alaska. Can its native people cope? National Geographic · Nov 30
• The Alaskan island on the front lines of the Arctic scramble The Economist · Apr 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Diomede Unique

• The only place in America named Diomede — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• With 81 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
• Positioned in northwestern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Diomede

• Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Diomede

• Diomede School

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

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