Fort Yukon
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city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Yukon-Koyukuk
- Incorporated
- February 17, 1959
- Mayor
- Richard Carroll, Jr.
- State senator
- Click Bishop ( R )
- State rep
- Mike Cronk (R)
- Total
- 6.94 sq mi (17.97 km )
- Land
- 6.75 sq mi (17.47 km )
- Water
- 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km )
- Elevation
- 430 ft (130 m)
- Density
- 63/sq mi (24.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-26760
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Fort Yukon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alaska
- Population
- 428
- Area
- 0.571551
- Elevation
- 130
- Time zone
- Alaska Time Zone
- Body of water
- Yukon River
- Image
- Fort Yukon village lies within the boundaries of the Yukon flats.jpg
- Households
- 2945
- Dialing code
- 907
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- native label
- Gwichyaa Zheh
- Commons category
- Fort Yukon, Alaska
- postal code
- 99740
- topic's main category
- Category:Fort Yukon, Alaska
- inception
- 1847-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fort Yukon, Alaska
- water as percent of area
- 2.9549
- P8168
- Lena Philipsson
- water area
- 0.571551
- per capita income
- 39051
- mean age
- 35.0
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Yukon (Gwichʼin: Gwichyaa Zheh) is a village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwichʼin Alaska Natives, was 428 at the 2020 census, down from 595 in 2000.
Fort Yukon was the hometown of the late Alaska Congressman Don Young. Served by Fort Yukon Airport, it is also known for having the record highest temperature in Alaska.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Yukon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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