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Holy Cross is an incorporated city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, on the Yukon River in Interior Alaska, and the 2020 census counted 176 people there, living in 72 households.

The Degexit'an name for Holy Cross is Deloy Chet, and its Central Yupik name is Ingirraller.

Holy Cross first appeared on the 1880 census as the unincorporated Inuit village of Askhomute, was reported as Kozerevsky in 1890 and Koserefsky in 1900 and 1910, did not report in 1920, and returned as Holy Cross for the first time in 1930.

Holy Cross formally incorporated as a city on April 20, 1968, and its population peaked at 337 in the 1930 census.

The city covers about 36 square miles, of which roughly 7 square miles are water, and it sits at an elevation of 135 feet.

In 2020, about 81 percent of Holy Cross residents were American Indian or Alaska Native, and the median age was 36.5 years.

The Iditarod Area School District operates the Holy Cross School, and KSKO radio in McGrath simulcasts to Holy Cross on station KLOP.

Holy Cross's own ZIP code is 99602.

The city's 2020 population of 176 was nearly unchanged from 178 in 2010, continuing a long, slow decline from 277 in 1990.

A 2022 Census estimate put Holy Cross at 172 people, down slightly from the 2020 count of 176, and the city first appeared under its current name in the 1930 census after earlier census names Askhomute, Kozerevsky, and Koserefsky.