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Houston
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city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Borough
- Matanuska-Susitna
- Incorporated
- June 6, 1966
- Mayor
- Carter Cole
- State senator
- Mike Shower ( R )
- State rep
- Kevin McCabe (R)
- Total
- 25.25 sq mi (65.41 km )
- Land
- 23.94 sq mi (62.01 km )
- Water
- 1.32 sq mi (3.41 km )
- Elevation
- 249 ft (76 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 2,100
- Density
- 82.5/sq mi (31.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-33800
- Website
- www.houstonak.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Houston is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located roughly 33 miles from downtown Anchorage, though it is a 57-mile drive between the two points. The population was 1,975 at the 2020 census, up from 1,912 in 2000.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Houston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.