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Marshall, whose Central Yup'ik name is Masserculleq, is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska.

The city was incorporated on June 9, 1970, as the city of Fortuna Ledge, and it reverted to the name Marshall in 1984.

The 2020 census counted 492 residents in 115 households in Marshall, up from 414 in 2010 and 349 in 2000, and 94.3 percent of residents were American Indian and Alaska Native.

The predecessor village to Marshall first appeared on the 1880 census as the Yupik village of Ooglovia, also known as Uglovaia, and Marshall first appeared on the 1940 census as the unincorporated village of Fortuna Ledge, with the name changed to Marshall in 1950.

Marshall was a mining village in the 1800s and early 1900s, with mining operations in Wilson Creek just downriver from the Ledge.

Marshall was reportedly named for Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall, who served from 1913 to 1921.

The community has two main Native groups, the Yupik descendants hailing from Takchak and Ohogamuit and the Inupiaq descendants hailing from Unalakleet, along with people of Russian and Norwegian descent mixed with Inupiaq, making it a Yup'ik, Inupiaq, and Russian community.

In the 2020 census the median age in Marshall was 24.7 years, and 37.0 percent of residents were under the age of 18.

Marshall covers about four square miles of land.

Kindergarten through 12th grade students attend Marshall School, operated by the Lower Yukon School District.