Delta Junction, Alaska | |
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City of Delta Junction | |
![]() Mile 1422 — End of the Alaska Highway | |
Motto: "Crossroads of Alaska" | |
Coordinates: 64°02′52″N 145°43′07″W / 64.04778°N 145.71861°W | |
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Founded | July 17, 1957 |
Incorporated | December 19, 1960 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–Council |
• Mayor | Igor Zaremba (I) |
• Council | City Council |
Area | |
• Total | 13.90 sq mi (36.00 km2) |
• Land | 13.88 sq mi (35.95 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
Elevation | 1,158 ft (353 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 918 |
• Density | 66.14/sq mi (25.54/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (AKDT) |
ZIP code | 99737 |
Area code | 907 |
FIPS code | 02-18620 |
GNIS feature ID | 1401104, 2419376 |
Highways | |
Major airport | Fairbanks Airport (FAI) |
Website | ci |
Delta Junction (Russian: Делта-Джанкшен; Ukrainian: Делта-Джанкшен, romanized: Delta Dzhankshen), officially the City of Delta Junction, is a small city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. The city is located a short distance south of the confluence of the Delta River with the Tanana River, which is at Big Delta. It is about 160 km (99 mi) south of Fairbanks. Native inhabitants are Tanana Athabaskans.