Susitna
Matanuska-Susitna · USGS GNIS name record 1410439
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These Census tracts have reference points near Susitna. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 5.02 ↗
Matanuska-Susitna Borough · AK
- Population
- 1,935
- Median home value
- $318,700
Census tract 5.01 ↗
Matanuska-Susitna Borough · AK
- Population
- 1,916
- Median home value
- $282,600
Census tract 6.04 ↗
Matanuska-Susitna Borough · AK
- Population
- 7,265
- Median home value
- $339,800
Census tract 4.01 ↗
Matanuska-Susitna Borough · AK
- Population
- 1,834
- Median home value
- $295,000
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 Susitna ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 08/31/2010 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
On the E bank of the Susitna River, 2 mi downstream from the mouth of the Yentna River, 30 mi. NW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.
Petroff (1881, p. 40) listed the name "Sushetno" referring to a collection of 146 Kenai Indians "on and up the Sushetno River." The 1890 Census listed "Sushitna," population 142, and 27 houses. Swanton (1952, p. 538 and 539) referred to the village as Tanaina Indian. Susitna post office was established in 1906 and discontinued in 1943 (Ricks, 1965, p. 63).
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
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