Biohazard Cleanup Near Teller Historic District Teller, AK

Teller, whose Inupiaq names include Tala, Tupqaġruk, and Iġaluŋniaġvik, is a second-class city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska.

Teller was incorporated on October 10, 1963.

The 2020 census counted 249 residents in Teller.

Teller is situated on the southern half of the spit called Nuuk in Inupiaq, which separates Port Clarence Bay and Grantley Harbor at the outlet of the Imuruk Basin.

Teller is located on a spit 72 miles northwest of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, close to the Bering Strait.

Teller reached a population of about 5,000 for a few years during the gold rush era, but by the 1910 census the population had fallen to about 100, and to 76 in 1930.

The Nome-Teller Highway, about 70 miles long, connects Teller to Nome, and as of 2017 no road connected Nome and Teller to the rest of Alaska.

Bering Air operates regular cargo and passenger flights to the village of Teller.

The National Park Service describes Teller as an Inupiaq village with a population of around 250.

Teller's ZIP code is 99778.