Fairbanks, Alaska
USA /
Alaska /
College /
World
/ USA
/ Alaska
/ College
World / United States / Alaska
city, county seat
As of 2009, the population of the city was 35,252, with the greater Fairbanks metropolitan area having a population of 97,970.
Koyukon Athabascans had populated the area for thousands of years before the modern settlement began when gold was discovered nearby in 1901-1902. By 1910, the city grew from nothing to a permanent population of 3,500 with an additional 6,000 transient miners.
The first airstrip was graded in 1938, and the city grew further in response to supporting the AlCan Highway and Alaska Pipeline construction in the 1970's.
Info & History:
www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS_2.cfm?Comm_Boro...
Tourism: www.explorefairbanks.com
City of Fairbanks website: www.ci.fairbanks.ak.us
Misc info & history: fairbanks-alaska.com
Koyukon Athabascans had populated the area for thousands of years before the modern settlement began when gold was discovered nearby in 1901-1902. By 1910, the city grew from nothing to a permanent population of 3,500 with an additional 6,000 transient miners.
The first airstrip was graded in 1938, and the city grew further in response to supporting the AlCan Highway and Alaska Pipeline construction in the 1970's.
Info & History:
www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS_2.cfm?Comm_Boro...
Tourism: www.explorefairbanks.com
City of Fairbanks website: www.ci.fairbanks.ak.us
Misc info & history: fairbanks-alaska.com
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks,_Alaska
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 64°49'29"N 147°48'29"W
- Wasilla, Alaska 369 km
- Dawson City, Yukon 408 km
- Anchorage, Alaska 413 km
- Kenai, Alaska 505 km
- Soldotna, Alaska 508 km
- Yakutat, Alaska 715 km
- Whitehorse 775 km
- Kodiak, AK 817 km
- Bethel, AK 841 km
- Sitka, Alaska 1086 km
- Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) 2.6 km
- University of Alaska Fairbanks 3.7 km
- Downtown Fairbanks 4.7 km
- Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge 6.2 km
- College, Alaska 6.3 km
- Birch Hill Ski Trails 10 km
- Ester, Alaska 12 km
- Moose Mountain Ski Resort 15 km
- Fort Wainwright 25 km
- Minto Lakes 49 km
Comments