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Point Franklin is a piece of land located on the Chukchi Sea side of North Slope, Alaska. Point Franklin is a few miles north of Wainwright , limiting with the Peard Bay to the east. Point Franklin was named by British mariner Frederick William Beechey on August 15, 1826, after Lieutenant (afterwards Sir) John Franklin .
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-2,3,4 codes, which are used by the United States Census Bureau to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. [4] Alaska's code is 02, so each code is of the format 02XXX. The FIPS code for each county equivalent links to census data for that county equivalent.
Lower zip code Upper zip code Abyss Lake: 1 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area Adak: 1 Aleutians West Census Area Adak Island: 1 Aleutians West Census Area Adak Naval Security Group: 1 Aleutians West Census Area: 98777 Adak Naval Station/Mitchell Field: 1 Aleutians West Census Area: 98791 Afognak: 1 Kodiak Island Borough Agaligamute: 1 Bethel ...
The SCF for the Davenport, Iowa area (527 and 528) is located in Rock Island, Illinois. [1] Five independent branches of Chicago were originally under the 606 prefix: Riverdale, Elmwood Park, Niles, Cicero, and Alsip. Before getting its own prefix with just one code, Yellowstone National Park was under the 830 range, with ZIP Code 83020.
Wainwright in the 1940s. Wainwright is located on the Chukchi Sea about 72 miles (116 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 42.5 square miles (110 km 2), of which, 17.6 square miles (46 km 2) of it is land and 24.9 square miles (64 km 2) of it (58.63%) is water.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21 sq mi (54 km 2), of which 3 sq mi (7.8 km 2) are covered by water (14% of the total area). The predominant land type in Utqiagvik is tundra , which is formed over a permafrost layer that is as deep as 1,300 ft (400 m).
The Harriman Alaska Expedition visited Port Clarence in 1899, making a photographic record of Alaska Natives. [5] In 1900, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey charted the coastline. [4] From 1961 to 2010 Port Clarence was a LORAN-C station administered by the United States Coast Guard. [6] The LORAN-C Program was terminated on February ...
The Parks Highway put Wasilla at mile 40–42 of what became the major highway and railroad transportation corridor linking Southcentral Alaska to Interior Alaska. As a result, population growth and community development shifted from the Palmer area to Wasilla and the surrounding area. Wasilla was incorporated as a city in 1974. [17]