FAIRBANKS, a town of Alaska, situated in 64° 50' N. and 147° W., about 25o m. up the Tanana river (by the windings of the stream) from its confluence with the Yukon. The popu lation diminished from three or four thousand during high gold production to 1,155 in 1920; 193o it was 2,101. The wagon road distance to Chitina, on the Copper river, is approximately 32o m., and to Valdez, 37o m. ; by rail, 467 m. to Seward, the coast terminus. The valley of the Tanana, in this section, consists of rolling hills and fertile soil, and offers inviting conditions for settlement.
It is scantily timbered and a large portion of that which once existed has been cut in the mining operations and for domestic use during the past 25 years.