| ALYESKA |
Ski
area on Turnagain Arm |
| ANCHORAGE |
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.
Description: pop. 44,237, on Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, 75 mi. NW of
Seward, Cook Inlet Low. |
| ARTESIAN
VILLAGE |
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| BIRCHWOOD |
Name
of a suburb of Anchorage reported in 1939 by USGS.
Description: pop. 534, mile 136.3 on The Alaska RR., 19 mi. NE of
Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.
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| BONIBROOK |
Local
name reported in 1952 by USGS.
Description: SW of Nunaka Valley, E of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.;
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| CAMPBELL |
Name
of a flag stop on The Alaska Railroad; listed in the 1918 Official
Railroad Guide.
Description: mile 109.3 on The Alaska R.R., 3.5 mi. S of Anchorage,
Cook Inlet Low. |
| CHUGIAK |
This
village is part of the population extension northeast of Anchorage.
Description: on Glen Highway, S of Birchwood, 18 mi. NE of Anchorage,
Cook Inlet Low. |
| DEBARR
VISTA |
Local
name reported in 1952 by USGS.
Description: Located E of Anchorage, between Nanuka Valley and Homesite
Park, Cook Inlet Low. |
| EAGLE
RIVER |
Local
name reported in 1939 by USGS. The Eagle River post office was established
in 1961.
Description: pop. 130, on N bank of Eagle River on Glenn Highway,
13 mi. NE of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. |
| EKLUTNA |
Tanaina
Indian village and railroad station, the latter established in 1918.
At this place may have originally been one of the knik villages.
See knik. The Eklutna Power House, a hydro-electric project supplying
electricity to Anchorage is located near here. The Eklutna post
office was established in 1926; discontinued in 1945 (Ricks, 1965,
p. 18).
Description: pop. 50, mile 141.2 on The Alaska RR. at the head of
Knik Arm at the mouth of Eklutna River 25 mi. NE of Anchorage, Cook
Inlet Low. |
| FORT
RICHARDSON |
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| GIRDWOOD |
Named
for James E. Girdwood, a miner, who came to the area in 1896 (DeArmond,
1962, p. 40-41). The Girdwood post office was established in 1907
(Ricks, 1965, p. 23).
Description: On Seward Highway and The Alaska Railroad, on NE shore
of Turnagain Arm, 11 mi. NE of Sunrise and 35 mi. SE of Anchorage,
Chugach Mts. |
| GREEN
ACRES |
Residential
district in city of Anchorage reported in 1954 by office of city
engineer of Anchorage.
Description: adjacent to S edge of Anchorage 2.7 mi. SE of City
Hall, Cook Inlet Low. |
| HOMESITE
PARK |
Subdivision
beyond the corporate limits of Anchorage; named by Manvil H. Olson
in 1953 because "the original block of land has been divided
into smaller tracts which have become homesites."
Description: S of Glenn Highway, 5 mi E of Anchorage, Cook Inlet
Low. |
| KNIK
HEIGHTS |
Local
name reported in 1962 by USGS; derived from Knik Arm.
Description: near head of Rabbit Creek, 6 mi. SE of Anchorage, Cook
Inlet Low |
| MOUNTAIN
VIEW |
Local
name reported in 1941 by AMS.
Description: in NE section of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. |
| NUNAKA
VALLEY |
Local
name reported in 1954 by the city engineer of Anchorage.
Description: pop. 1,442, E of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. |
| PETERS
CREEK |
Local
name reported in 1960 by USGS. Recent USGS maps indicate a site
with five or six buildings.
Description: on Glenn Highway E of Birchwood 20 mi. NE of Anchorage,
Cook Inlet Low. |
| POTTER
HILL |
Local
name reported in 1964 by USGS; name derived from nearby Potter Creek.
Description: on Seward Anchorage Highway, at Rabbit Creek, 9 mi.
S of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. |
| ROGERS
PARK |
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| SPENARD |
named
for Joseph A Spenard, 1879-1934, an early Anchorage settler and
businessman who had a homestead on the shore of Lake Spenard. A
post office, established here in 1949 but discontinued in 1953 (Ricks,
1965, p. 60).
Description: pop. 9,074, between Anchorage and Anchorage International
Airport, 3 mi. SE of Point Woronzof; Cook Inlet Low. |
| TUOMI |
Local
name reported in 1942 by AMS. Recent USGS maps indicate a site of
five or six buildings.
Description: on the NE shore of Tuomi Lake, 4.7 mi. NE of Anchorage,
Cook Inlet Low |
| TURNAGAIN
HEIGHTS |
Local
name reported in 1952 by USGS.
Description: in SW part of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. |
| WILSON
VILLAGE |
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| WONDER
PARK |
Local
name reported in 1954 by the city engineer of Anchorage.
Description: E of Anchorage, S of Glenn Highway, Cook Inlet Low.
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