North Pole is a city located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. As of 2004,the population of the city is 1,675. The name "North Pole" is often applied to the entire area bounded by Fort Wainwright, Two Rivers, Alaska, and the Chena River Flood Control Project. Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (720x648, 558 KB) Summary Picture of the North Pole, Alaska welcome sign. ... Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,067,653 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fort Wainwright is the United States Army base command to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment that was established in 1917 near Fairbanks, Alaska. ... Two Rivers is a census-designated place located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is 482. ...

Despite the name, the city is about 1,700 miles south of Earth's geographic North Pole. Jump to: navigation, search The North Pole is the northernmost point on any planet. ...

The Santa Claus of North Pole, Alaska

The city is a summertime attraction for tourists visiting nearby Fairbanks, and traveling to and from the Alaska Highway and Valdez. Its biggest attraction is a gift shop named Santa Claus House with a giant fiberglass statue of Santa Claus outside. Prior to Christmas each year, the USPS post office in North Pole receives hundreds of letters to Santa Claus, and thousands more from people wanting the town's postmark on their holiday greeting cards to their families. It advertises the ZIP code 99705 as the zip code of Santa. Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1473, 1365 KB) Summary A picture of the Santa Claus of North Pole, Alaska. ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1473, 1365 KB) Summary A picture of the Santa Claus of North Pole, Alaska. ... Summer is a season, defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July and August in the Northern hemisphere and the whole months of December, January and February in the Southern hemisphere. ... In general, Attraction is a force, that moves one object to another. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Fairbanks is a city located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. ... The Alaska Highway, also Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, Al-Can Highway, runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. ... Valdez is a city located in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Jump to: navigation, search A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... A USPS Truck at Night A U.S. Post Office sign The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government organization responsible for providing postal service in the United States and is generally referred to as the post office. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... Look up Letter on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A letter is a written message from one party to another. ... Jump to: navigation, search A common portrayal of Santa Claus. ... This article is about the postal marking. ... A greeting card is an illustrated, folded card usually featuring a message of greeting or other sentiment. ... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships including domestic partnership, adoption, surname and in some cases ownership (as was the case in the Roman... Mr. ...

Holiday-themed streets in North Pole include Santa Claus Lane, St. Nicholas Drive, Snowman Lane, and Kris Kringle Drive. Street lights in the city are decorated in a candy cane motif, and many local businesses have similar decorations. Candy cane A candy cane is a hard cane-shaped candy stick. ...

Contrary to what some children might think, Santa Claus is not the mayor, nor are the resident elves. The current (early 2004) mayor is Jeff Jacobson, who recently sent a letter (and a lump of coal) to U.S. Senator John McCain about a comment he made regarding why the city's "elves" needed money for a pork barrel project. [1] A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America which leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. ... For alternate meanings, see Lightning (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jeff Jacobson of Dayton, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party, who holds a seat in the Ohio Senate. ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining). ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search Money Money is any marketable good or token used by a society as a store of value, a medium of exchange, and a unit of account. ... Pork barrel (or pork barrel politics) is a derogatory term describing government spending that is intended to benefit constituents of a politician in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign contributions or votes. ...

Geography

North Pole is located at 64°45'4" North, 147°21'7" West (64.751048, -147.351969)¹. It is situated 13 miles to the southeast of Fairbanks on the Richardson Highway. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links AKMap-doton-NorthPole. ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... Fairbanks is a city located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. ... The Richardson Highway runs from Valdez, Alaska to Fairbanks, Alaska. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.9 km² (4.2 mi²). 10.9 km² (4.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.47% water. The city is located to the north and east of the Tanana River, though access to the river is not easily made due to the extensive system of levees. Beaver Springs Slough meanders through the heart of the city, emptying into Chena Slough. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is the area equal to a square with sides each 1 mile long. ... Fairbanks Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in Alaska in the United States. ... This article is about the type of dam. ...

Demographics

As of 2004, there are 1,675 people, 652 households, and 431 families residing in the city. The population density is 149.3/km² (373.6/mi²). There are 653 housing units at an average density of 60.0/km² (155.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 80.96% White, 5.67% Black or African American, 3.57% Native American, 2.61% Asian, 0.45% Pacific Islander, 1.15% from other races, and 5.61% from two or more races. 3.76% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There are 652 households out of which 40.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% are married couples living together, 11.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% are non-families. 26.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.57 and the average family size is 3.19. Jump to: navigation, search Marriage is a legal, social, and religious relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies. ...

In the city the population is spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 13.2% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 29 years. For every 100 females there are 110.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 115.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $42,563.99, and the median income for a family is $54,993. Males have a median income of $32,917 versus $27,240 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,426. 6.7% of the population and 5.12% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.0% of those under the age of 18 and 22.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

History

The area that is now North Pole was homesteaded in 1944 by Bon V. Davis. Dahl and Gaske Development Company later purchased the Davis homestead, subdivided it, and named it North Pole, in hopes of attracting a toy manufacturer to the area. The City of North Pole was incorporated on January 15, 1953.

Economy

The city is home to two major oil refineries (connected to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System) and an oil-fired power plant. Many local residents are employed at the nearby Eielson Air Force Base. Map of the pipeline The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), usually called the Alyeska Pipeline in Alaska or the Alaska Pipeline elsewhere, is a major U.S. oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to a sea port where the oil can be shipped to the Lower 48 states... Eielson Air Force Base is located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. ...

External links

• City of North Pole
• North Pole Postmark
• Santa Claus House
• North Pole High School Home Page

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