Circle

Also known as Circle City

town in Alaska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alaska
Census area: Yukon-Koyukuk
State senator: Click Bishop ( R )
State rep: Mike Cronk (R)
Total: 106.58 sq mi (276.04 km )
Land: 106.04 sq mi (274.64 km )
Water: 0.54 sq mi (1.40 km )
Density: 0.85/sq mi (0.33/km )
Time zone: UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
Summer dst: UTC-8 (AKDT)
Fips code: 02-14880

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Early 20th century view of Circle City, as a sled dog team prepares to leave for Fort Gibbon with the mail. Circle (also called Circle City; Gwichʼin: Danzhit Khànląįį) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 91, down from 104 in 2010.

Circle is 160 mi (260 km) northeast of Fairbanks at the end of the Steese Highway along the Yukon River. Circle was named by miners in the late 19th century who believed that the town was on the Arctic Circle, but the Arctic Circle is about 50 mi (80 km) north of Circle. Circle used to be an active freight hub for many villages along the Yukon.