Eagle ( Eng. Eagle , Khan : Tthee T'äwdlenn [1] ) is a city in the Southist Fairbanks census area, Alaska , USA . The population according to the 2010 census is 86 people. It is one of the checkpoints of the Yukon Quest international dog sled race, which takes place every February.
| City | |
| Eagle | |
|---|---|
| English Eagle | |
| A country | United States of America | USA |
| State | Alaska |
| Census area | South Fairbanks |
| The mayor | Donald Woodruff |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1874 year |
| City with | 1901 year |
| Square | 2.6 km² |
| Center height | 260 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 9 ; summer UTC − 8 |
| Population | |
| Population | 86 people ( 2010 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 907 |
| Postcode | 99738 |
| FIPS | 02-20380 |
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Geography
Eagle is located on the south bank of the Yukon River , about 13 km west of the Canadian border, at the northern tip of the Taylor Highway. The area of the city is 2.6 km².
History
The area near the city of Eagle was inhabited by Native American peoples long before the Europeans came here.
The first permanent building built by Europeans in the territory of the modern settlement around 1874 was a trading post. In the 1880s, Eagle became a center of trade and support for prospectors working in the upper part of the Yukon River and its tributaries. By 1898, the population of the settlement reached 1700, which is explained by a large influx of people due to the Klondike gold rush .
In 1901, Eagle became the first incorporated city in Inner Alaska [2] . The U.S. Army Base Fort Egbert was stationed at Eagle in 1899 and operated until 1911. The telegraph line between Eagle and the city of Valdez was completed in 1903. In 1905, Roald Amundsen came to Eagle skiing and telegraphed about the results of his expedition along the Northwest Passage . The end of the Klondike gold rush led to an outflow of the population, which by 1910 had declined to about 200 people.
Almost the entire population of the modern city is represented by white Americans. At the same time, approximately half of the population of the nearby village of Eagle Village is represented by the Khan people.
Population
According to the 2000 census, the population of the city was 129 people [3] . Racial Composition: Native Americans - 6.20%; whites - 93.02% and representatives of two or more races - 0.78%. The proportion of Hispanic people of all races was 0.78%.
Of the 58 households, 20.7% raised children under the age of 18 years, 55.2% were married couples living together, in 6.9% of families women lived without husbands, 36.2% did not have a family. 34.5% of the total number of families at the time of the census lived independently, while 5.2% were single elderly people aged 65 years and older. On average, 2.22 people conduct households, and the average family size is 2.86 people.
The proportion of people under the age of 18 years is 24.8%; persons aged 18 to 24 years - 3.1%; from 25 to 44 years old - 24.0%; from 45 to 64 years old - 44.2% and persons over 65 years old - 3.9%. The average age of the population is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 95.5 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, 98.0 males.
The average income on a joint venture is $ 36,042; the average household income is $ 44,375. The average per capita income is $ 20,221. About 2.6% of families and 16.5% of the population live below the poverty line, including 40.0% of people under the age of 18 years and 0% of people over 65 years old.
Notes
- ↑ UAF: Alaska Native Place Names
- ↑ Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974 (unknown) // Alaska Local Government. - Juneau: Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs, 1974. - January ( vol. XIII , No. 2 ). - S. 31 .
- ↑ Places (2000) (TXT) (inaccessible link - history ) . 2000 Census Gazetteer Files . United States Census Bureau. Date of treatment January 25, 2013.