Places
Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Ninilchik.
Their current mayor is Mayor Gary Stevens.
Zip codes in the city: 99639.
Kenai Peninsula County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Funeral Homes near Ninilchik
Facts about the city
Ninilchik (Russian: Нинильчик) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 883.The Alaska Native people of Ninilchik have ancestors of Aleut and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) descent, as well as some Dena'ina.
Ninilchik Obituaries
History
All nine founding families of Ninilchik are descendants of the Kvasnikoffs and Alaska Natives. The name Ninilchik probably derives from Niqnilchint, a Deni'ana Athabaskan word meaning ”lodge is built place”. In the 1940s, a number of Homestead Act came to the area. A few speakers of the Ninilchik Russian dialect are still alive in 2008, including one married couple who continues to speak the language to each other. In 1896, a school was built.
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