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Nome is a city with an area of 55.9 km˛ (21.6 mi˛) and a population of 3,505 people Search and find companies, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses in the Business Directory Nome Nome or Sitnasuaq is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic among Eskimos in Nome was halted when, during fierce blizzard conditions, a sled team arrived with serum. The sled driver was Gunnar Kaasen and the lead sled dog was Balto. A statue of Balto by F.G. Roth stands near the zoo in Central Park, New York, as does one in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The annual Iditarod sled-dog race commemorates this historic event.