Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Fairbanks is the largest city in the interior region of Alaska and the second most populous city in the state. The 2020 census put the population of the city proper at 32,515 and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough at 95,655, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Alaska, after Anchorage. The Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost metropolitan statistical area in the United States, located 196 miles by road south of the Arctic Circle.
Noncontiguous
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star County, AK
Population
32,496
Walk Score
82 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,404
Median home value
$262,000
[[Municipal corporation
1903
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- F. E. Company Housing · listed 1997
- Fairbanks Exploration Company Industrial Complex
- Goldstream Dredge No. 8 · listed 1984
- Illinois Street Historic District · listed 2001
- Ladd Field · listed 1985
Notable landmarks
- Alaska House
- Chena Building · listed 2024
- Chena Pump House · listed 1982
- City Hall, Old · listed 2002
- Clay Street Cemetery (AHRS Site No. FAI-164) · listed 1982
- Coal Bunkers
- Constitution Hall · listed 2005
- Cripple Creek Site
- Davis, Mary Lee, House · listed 1982
- Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek · listed 1992
- F. E. Company Machine Shop · listed 1995
- F. E. Company Manager's House · listed 1996
- F.E. Company Dredge No. 2 · listed 1999
- F.E. Company Gold Dredge No. 5 · listed 2004
- Fairbanks Exploration Company Housing
- Federal Building · listed 1978
- Gould Cabin · listed 2021
- Growden Memorial Ballpark · listed 2025
- Harding Railroad Car · listed 1978
- Hinckley-Creamer Dairy · listed 1977
- Immaculate Conception Church · listed 1976
- Joslin, Falcon, House · listed 1980
- Lacey Street Theatre · listed 1990
- Main School · listed 1990
- NENANA (steamer) · listed 1972
- …and 9 more
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