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Welcome to the McGrath Home page. The McGrath Home page provides as much information as possible on McGrath. Knowing McGrath’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within McGrath’s Home page, you will also find McGrath’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

McGrath has a population of 231. 41.6% of McGrath’s inhabitants are Male, and 58.4 are female. 46.4% of McGrath is married and 74.7% own their own home. Household median income in McGrath is $49,583, and the individual median income is $28,750. McGrath’s Ethnic is the following: Native(45.9%), White(31.6%), Multiple(20.8%), Hispanic(6.1%), Black(0.9%), Other(0.9%).


The Old Town McGrath site, across the river from present-day McGrath, was a meeting and trading place for Big River, Nikolai, Telida, and Lake Minchumina villagers. In 1904, Abraham Appel established a trading post in Old Town. In 1906, gold was discovered in the Innoko District, and in 1907, and at Ganes Creek.


Since McGrath was the northernmost point on the Kuskokwim River accessible by large riverboats, it became a regional supply center. A town was established at the site of Old McGrath in 1907, and was named for Peter McGrath, a local United States Marshal. The Iditarod Trail also contributed to McGrath's role as a supply center.


From 1911 to 1920, hundreds of people walked and mushed over the trail on their way to the Ophir gold districts. Mining sharply declined after 1925. After a major flood in 1933, some residents moved across the river. Changes in the course of the river eventually left the old site on a slough, making it useless as a river stop.


In 1940, an airstrip was cleared, the United States Federal Aviation Administration built a communications complex, and a school was opened. McGrath became an important refueling stop for Lend-Lease equipment during World War II.


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