Medfra | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community village |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alaska |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Census area |
Leader Title: | State senator |
Leader Name: | Lyman Hoffman (D) |
Leader Title1: | State rep. |
Leader Name1: | Bryce Edgmon (D) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Alaska (AKST) |
Utc Offset: | -9 |
Timezone Dst: | AKDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -8 |
Coordinates: | 63.1067°N -154.7142°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Medfra is an unincorporated community located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Medfra is located on the north bank of the Kuskokwim River,[1] about 50km (30miles) by air northwest of Nikolai.
Medfra may have been a small seasonal camp for Alaska Natives before the arrival of Europeans in Alaska. Early in the 20th century, a trading post and boat landing called "Berrys Landing" were established at Medfra. A post office was open from 1922 to 1955.
Medfra first reported on the 1930 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It did not appear again until 1950. It last appeared on the 1990 census, when it was designated an Alaskan Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA), but it was uninhabited. It has not appeared on the census since.