Aurora Lodge
Fairbanks North Star · USGS GNIS name record 1398485
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These Census tracts have reference points near Aurora Lodge. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 9801 ↗
Fairbanks North Star Borough · AK
- Population
- 3,369
- Median home value
- $356,700
Census tract 15.01 ↗
Fairbanks North Star Borough · AK
- Population
- 4,219
- Median home value
- $341,600
Census tract 15.02 ↗
Fairbanks North Star Borough · AK
- Population
- 5,480
- Median home value
- $354,600
Census tract 16 ↗
Fairbanks North Star Borough · AK
- Population
- 4,874
- Median home value
- $263,300
The source behind the name
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 Aurora Lodge ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 02/14/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
along the Richardson Highway at junction of Salcha and Tanana Rivers, 40 mi. NW of Big Delta, Tanana Low.
Established in 1902 when the U.S. Army Signal Corps located the Salcha telegraph station about three miles from the mouth of the Salcha River. The Salchaket post office (from the Indian name "Salchakaket" i.e. "mouth of the Salcha") was located at the mouth of the Salcha in 1909; discontinued in 1926 (Ricks, 1965, p. 55). The trading post and roadhouse are shown on maps as "Munsons" and recently "Aurora."
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
SHA-256 20c96936a3ba430b345eed1c7395b6aab52875aac8e1e2905fab37b388cab381
SHA-256 45ad8d56b3bb4990ad8105cdda15ee7d2f07afd6941afe75b783f29b02723697
SHA-256 919fac887628b8547ec1b24fae319522a9481a56909c3914d1e0a2b56783147c