Chicken is a statistically isolated area in the Southist Fairbanks census area, Alaska , USA .
| Statistically Isolated Terrain | |
| Chicken | |
|---|---|
| English Chicken | |
 | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Alaska |
| Census area | South Fairbanks |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | XIX century |
| Former names | Ptarmigan |
| Statistically isolated terrain with | 1902 year |
| Square | 298.9 kmΒ² |
| Height above sea level | 511 m |
| Timezone | UTC β 9 ; summer UTC β 8 |
| Population | |
| Population | 7 people ( 2010 ) |
| Density | 0.023 people / kmΒ² |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 907 |
| Postcode | 99732 |
| Car code | |
| FIPS | 02-13450 |
| chickenak.com | |
According to the 2010 census , 7 people lived permanently in Chicken, however, the average number of inhabitants in the settlement in the summer, during the tourist season, is 37 people [1] . In connection with its strange name (from the English. Chicken - βChickenβ), the village often appears in the list of [2] [3] [4] .
The runs through Chicken, operating on this section from mid-March to mid-October. The settlement is provided by the (one gravel strip 762 meters long; 475 take-off and landing operations were processed in 2005) [5] .
The settlement was founded at the end of the 19th century by gold miners. At the beginning of the 20th century, about 400 people lived here. In 1902-1903, a post office was opened here [1] , so a name was needed for the village. In connection with the abundance in the okrug of tundra partridges ( English rock ptarmigan ), the name was chosen Ptarmigan . However, poorly educated residents of the settlement had difficulty writing this not-so-simple word for the English language, therefore, as an alternative, the light Chicken was chosen, that is, βChickenβ [3] .
There are 15 buildings preserved in Chicken, built between 1908 and 1967 - the Historic District , entered in 2001 in the National Register of Historic Places of the United States [6] .
See also
- Southwest Fairbanks listed on the US National Register of Historic Places
Notes
- β 1 2 Chicken on myalaskan.com
- β George E. Thompson. You Live Where ?: Interesting and Unusual Facts about where We Live . - iUniverse, 2009 .-- P. 7.
- β 1 2 Frank C. Gallant. A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names . - Courier Dover Publications, 2012 .-- P. 7-8.
- β Mackenzie, B. B. Alaska Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff . - Rowman & Littlefield, June 5, 2012 .-- P. 72. - ISBN 978-0-7627-9460-7 .
- β Chicken Airport at gcr1.com
- β Chicken Historic District - AHRS Site No. EAG-00008 (eng.) On focus.nps.gov
Links
Chicken Travel Guide at Wikiguide