Ophir is an unincorporated area located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was named by miners after the wealthy land of Ophir mentioned in the Old Testament. The area was the site of a gold rush in 1906. Ophir reached a peak population of 122 in 1910.

2013年3月6日 · The Alaska ghost town of Ophir that serves as a race checkpoint in a remote portion of the Iditarod Trail used to be a bustling gold-mining area around the turn of the 20th century.

2025年3月27日 · The fifth-longest river in Alaska, after the Yukon, Kuskokwim, Tanana and Porcupine, the Innoko is now at a historic low in human population. Its recent peak was around the Gold Rush days of the early 1900s, when miners established the town of Ophir on the extreme upper river, after a strike on nearby Ganes Creek.

2021年10月21日 · The trail used by Iditarod dog teams to travel from Takotna to Ophir (O-fur) follows an old mining road that was built in the 1920’s to connect Takotna and Ophir with Sterling landing. Water levels on the Kuskokwim River were not always deep enough for steamboats to navigate all the way up river to Takotna so an alternate landing was established.

Location: 63.1460, -156.5299. View map. Population 0 -- Now a ghost town, it took its name in 1908 from a nearby placer creek, one of a dozen streams in Alaska to be named by Bible-reading prospectors, for the lost country of Ophir, the source of King Solomon’s gold. Many items and artifacts still remain untouched.

Ophir is an unincorporated area located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was named by miners after the wealthy land of Ophir mentioned in the Old Testament. European peace and stability depend on a secure Ukraine. …

Ophir, Alaska is situated on the west bank of the Innoko River, close to the mouth of Ophir Creek and approximately 35 miles northwest of McGrath in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mountains.

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Ophir Populated Place Profile with maps, schools, hospitals, airports, real estate MLS listings and local jobs. Location: Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough, AK, FID: 1407583, Latitude: 63.1447219849, Longitude: 63.1447219849.