Everything about Fort Yukon Alaska totally explained
Fort Yukon is a city in the
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the
U.S. state of
Alaska. At the
2000 census the population was 595.
Fort Yukon is the hometown of Alaska
Congressman Don Young. It is served by
Fort Yukon Airport.
The
highest temperature ever recorded in Alaska occurred in Fort Yukon on
June 27,
1915, when it reached 100°F (38°C). As a whole, the state of Alaska is tied with
Hawaii as the state with the lowest high temperature record in the United States.
History
Fort Yukon was first established as Fort Youcon by
Alexander Hunter Murray, a
Hudson's Bay Company trading post in
1847. Murray drew numerous sketches of fur trade posts and of people and wrote the
Journal of the Yukon, 1847–48, which give valuable insight into the culture of local
Gwich’in people at the time. While the post was actually in
Russian Alaska, the Hudson's Bay Company continued to trade there until expelled by the American traders in 1869, following the
Alaska Purchase when the post was taken over by the
Alaska Commercial Company. A post office was established on
July 12,
1898 with John Hawksly as its first postmaster, but the settlement suffered over the following decades as a result of several epidemics and a
1949 flood.
During the
1950s, the
United States Air Force established a base and
radar station at Fort Yukon; the town was officially incorporated in
1959. It has recently, in part due to its location north of the
Arctic Circle and its proximity to
Fairbanks, become a minor tourist destination.
Geography
Fort Yukon is located at (66.567586, -145.256327). Fort Yukon is located on the north bank of the Yukon River at its junction with the Porcupine River, about 145 air miles northeast of Fairbanks.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city in Northeastern Alaska has a total area of 7.4
square miles (19.2
km²), of which, 7.0 square miles (18.1 km²) of it's land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (5.65%) is water.
It is located 8 miles (13 km) north of the
Arctic Circle, at the confluence of the
Yukon and
Porcupine Rivers.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 595 people, 225 households, and 137 families residing in the city. The
population density was 85.0 people per square mile (32.8/km²). There were 317 housing units at an average density of 45.3/sq mi (17.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 10.76%
White, 0.17%
Black or
African American, 86.05%
Native American, 0.17%
Asian, 0.17% from
other races, and 2.69% from two or more races. 1.34% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race.
There were 225 households out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.8% were
married couples living together, 23.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.37.
In the city the population was spread out with 33.4% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 112.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,375, and the median income for a family was $32,083. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $27,813 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $13,360. About 18.0% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.
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