Map of Nikolaevsk CDP

Nikolaevsk (Russian: Никола́евск, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈɫa(j)ɪfsk]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP is 328, up from 318 in 2010. Nikolaevsk School serves school-age children from the area.

Nikolaevsk CDP overview:
Name:	Nikolaevsk CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Alaska
County:	Kenai Peninsula Borough
Elevation:	840 ft (256 m)
Total Area:	34.84 sq mi (90.25 km²)
Land Area:	34.84 sq mi (90.25 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	328
Population Density:	9.41/sq mi (3.63/km²)
ZIP code:	99556
Area code:	907
FIPS code:	0254085
GNISfeature ID:	1417063

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History

The town was settled by a group of Old Believers of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church around 1968, and remains a largely ethnic Russian town to this day. The travels of the group from Russia, as well as the story of the founding of Nikolaevsk, is told in a 1972 article in National Geographic, a 2013 episode on the NatGeo channel called Russian Alaska, and a 2013 article in The Atlantic magazine.

The first church (pictured) was built in 1983. The second church was constructed in 2014.

Nikolaevsk Road Map

Nikolaevsk city Satellite Map

Geography

Nikolaevsk is on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula at 59°48′47″N 151°40′6″W / 59.81306°N 151.66833°W / 59.81306; -151.66833 (59.813043, -151.668387). It is bordered to the south and west by the Anchor Point CDP and to the north by the Happy Valley CDP. Road access is via the North Fork Road, which junctions with the Sterling Highway 9 miles (14 km) to the west in Anchor Point.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 34.8 square miles (90.2 km), all of it recorded as land. The North Fork of the Anchor River forms the southern border of the community, and the Chakok River forms the western border.

Nikolaevsk is in the boreal wet forest biome, according to the Holdridge life zones system.