Nenana, Alaska

Nenana
Toghotili
Nenana train station and Parks Highway bridge
Nenana is located in Alaska
Nenana
Nenana
Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 64°33′29″N 149°5′26″W / 64.55806°N 149.09056°W / 64.55806; -149.09056
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaYukon-Koyukuk
IncorporatedNovember 17, 1921[1]
Government
 • MayorJoshua K Verhagen [2]
 • State senatorClick Bishop (R)
 • State rep.Mike Cronk (R)
Area
 • Total
6.25 sq mi (16.18 km2)
 • Land5.95 sq mi (15.42 km2)
 • Water0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2)
Elevation
351 ft (107 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
358
 • Density60.14/sq mi (23.22/km2)
Time zoneUTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code
99760
Area code907
FIPS code02-53050
GNIS feature ID1406940

Nenana /nɛˈnænə/ (Lower Tanana: Toghotili;[4] is a home rule city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough in Interior Alaska. Nenana developed as a Lower Tanana community at the confluence where the tributary Nenana River enters the Tanana. The population was 378 at the 2010 census, down from 402 in 2000.

Completed in 1923, the 700-foot-long (210 m) Mears Memorial Bridge was built over the Tanana River as part of the territory's railroad project connecting Anchorage and Fairbanks.

  1. ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 101.
  2. ^ [1] Nenana City Council minutes
  3. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Alaska Native Place Names | Alaska Native Language Archive". www.uaf.edu.

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