Information About

Chickaloon

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Chickaloon on The Map

Location

64 ° 47' 44.999" N,
148 ° 28' 0.001" W

Region

Fairbanks North Star

Nearest City

Ester

Elevation

420 ft (128.02 m)

Chickaloon in Detail.

About

on Chickaloon River, 26 mi. NE of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts.

History

Village, named for the Chickaloon River, was established about 1916 as terminus of the Matanuska Branch of The Alaska Railroad in this coal-rich region. The Chickaloon post office operated from 1918 to 1922 and 1931 to 1933 (Ricks, 1965, p. 11). Its population was 28 in 1930.

Topo Maps

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Places Near Chickaloon
Cities:

Wood River,

Islands:

Whiskey Island,

Mountains:

Murphy Dome,

Rivers:

Wood River,

Streams:

Hot Slough, Sevenmile Slough,

Streams:

Allen Creek, Bonanza Creek, Cache Creek, Crooked Creek, Dawson Creek, Fortune Creek, Glacier Creek, Hard Luck Creek, Keystone Creek, Left Fork Cache Creek, Ohio Creek, Standard Creek, Straight Creek, Tatlanika Creek,

Cities:

Chickaloon, Standard,