Anchorage
Anchorage · USGS GNIS name record 1398242
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These Census tracts have reference points near Anchorage. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 11 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 953
- Median home value
- $401,400
Census tract 12 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 4,336
- Median home value
- $541,100
Census tract 5 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 1,722
- Median home value
- $572,700
Census tract 10 ↗
Anchorage Municipality · AK
- Population
- 2,983
- Median home value
- $333,900
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USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Anchorage ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 04/22/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
population 44,237, on Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, 75 mi. NW of Seward, Cook Inlet Low.
Alaska's largest city, established in 1913 as the construction camp and headquarters of The Alaska R.R. to be built from Seward to Fairbanks. It was early referred to as "Ship Creek" and "Woodrow", but with the establishment of the Anchorage post office in 1914-15 the residents voted, August 15, 1915, to name the new town Anchorage. The name was derived from that of Knik Anchorage immediately off-shore from the new camp. Its population was estimated to be 6,000 in 1917, but in 1920 it was officially 1,856. In 1930 it was 2,277; 3,495 in 1939; and 11,254 in 1950.
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
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