Stony River, Alaska
Stony River, Alaska
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Stony River Tribal Office | |
Location of Stony River, Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 61°47′15″N 156°35′28″W / 61.78750°N 156.59111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Bethel |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Lyman Hoffman (D) |
| • State rep. | Bryce Edgmon (I) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.56 sq mi (11.80 km2) |
| • Land | 3.14 sq mi (8.13 km2) |
| • Water | 1.42 sq mi (3.68 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 57 |
| • Density | 18.2/sq mi (7.02/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99557 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-73400 |
Stony River (Gidighuyghatno’ Xidochagg Qay’ in Deg Xinag, K'qizaghetnu Hdakaq’ in Dena'ina) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stony River had a population of 57.
Native inhabitants are mixed Athabaskan and Yup'ik ancestry of Alaska Native. Stony River village is the modern contact point between Yu'pik Eskimo and three distinct Athabaskan peoples: Deg Hit'an, Dena'ina, and Upper Kuskokwim. Today there is considerable multilingualism in Stony River village between Yu'pik and three distinct Athabaskan languages.