Information About

Healy

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 51' 24.998" N,
148 ° 57' 58" W

Region

Denali

Elevation

1322 ft (402.95 m)

Healy in Detail.

About

On the Nenana River, NW of the mouth of Healy Creek and 78 mi SSW of Fairbanks.

History

Village established as a mining camp about 1905; named after the Healy Creek. Because of its nearness to the Alaska RR. right-of-way, it became a RR. station and supply point. The "Healy Fork" post office was established in 1921 (Ricks, 1965, p. 25). Its population was 36 in 1930. It is a major coal mining supply center.