Fort Yukon
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Location in Alaska
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| Foundation : | 17th February 1959 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Unorganized Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 66 ° 34 ′ N , 145 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 583 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 32.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 19.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 18.1 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 130 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-26760 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1402276 | ||
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Fort Yukon is a small city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the US state of Alaska . According to the census in 2000 , 595 people live here.
Fort Yukon is the hometown of Don Young , Alaskan MP in the United States House of Representatives . The city has one airport, Fort Yukon Airport.
The highest temperature ever reached in Alaska was also measured here. On June 27, 1915, the thermometer rose to 38 ° C.
history
Fort Yukon was founded in 1847 as a British settlement on Russian territory. It was a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company until 1869 . After Alaska was sold to the USA, it was taken over by the Alaska Commercial Company . On July 12, 1898, the Post opened a service here that was run by John Hawksly. In the following decades, however, the settlement suffered from several epidemics and a devastating flood in 1949.
In the 1950s, the US Air Force set up a base and a radar station in Fort Yukon. Fort Yukon was officially declared a city in 1959.
geography
The city is located 13 km north of the Arctic Circle at the confluence of the Yukon River and the Porcupine .
Demographics
According to a survey of 2000, 595 people live in the city, there are 225 households and 137 families. The population density is 32.8 people per km². 10.76% of the population are white, 0.17% are African American, 86.05% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.17% other, 2.69% are mixed race. 1.34% are Latinos.
Of the 225 households, 36.0% have children under the age of 18. 25.8% are married couples, 23.1% are single mothers and 39.1% are unmarried couples. 34.2% of all households are singles, 5.8% are single elderly people over 65. The average household size is 2.62 and the average family size 3.37 people.
33.4% of the population is under 18 years of age, 10.3% between 18 and 24, 27.4% between 25 and 44, 22.0% between 44 and 64, 6.9% over 65 years of age. The average age is 32. The ratio between women and men is 100: 112.5. For those over 18, the ratio is 100: 111.8.
The median annual income is $ 29,375 and the median family income is $ 32,083. Males have a median income of $ 25,000 and females $ 27,813. 18.5% of the population and 18% of families live in poverty. 14.3% of these are children under 18 years of age and 3.5% are people over 65.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alaska State Almanac - General information about Alaska from NETSTATE.COM . Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.