Tanacross, Alaska

Tanacross, Alaska
Taats’altęy
Tanacross, Alaska is located in Alaska
Tanacross, Alaska
Tanacross, Alaska
Location of Tanacross, Alaska
Coordinates: 63°22′34″N 143°21′25″W / 63.37611°N 143.35694°W / 63.37611; -143.35694
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaSoutheast Fairbanks
Government
 • State senatorClick Bishop (R)
 • State rep.Mike Cronk (R)
Area
 • Total
80.73 sq mi (209.10 km2)
 • Land79.11 sq mi (204.89 km2)
 • Water1.62 sq mi (4.21 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
144
 • Density1.82/sq mi (0.70/km2)
Time zoneUTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code
99776
Area code907
FIPS code02-75050

Tanacross (Taats’altęy[2] in Tanacross Athabascan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 136, down from 140 in 2000. It hosts an air tanker base.[3]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ UAF: Alaska Native Place Names
  3. ^ "Google map showing the airfield". Retrieved August 28, 2008.