Circle City, Alaska
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Circle, Alaska Danzhit Khaiinląįį |
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Early 20th century view of Circle City, as a sled dog team prepares to leave for Fort Gibbon with the mail.
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 Location of Circle, Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 65°50′N 144°4′W / 65.833°N 144.067°WCoordinates: 65°50′N 144°4′W / 65.833°N 144.067°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Yukon-Koyukuk |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Click Bishop (R) |
| • State rep. | Dave Talerico (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 108.2 sq mi (280.3 km2) |
| • Land | 107.7 sq mi (278.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.4 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 104 |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP code | 99733 |
| Area code(s) | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-14880 |
Circle (also called Circle City, Danzhit Khaiinląįį in Gwich’in) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 104, up from 100 in 2000.
Circle is 160 mi (260 km) northeast of Fairbanks at the end of the Steese Highway. Circle was named by miners in the late 19th century who believed that the town was on the Arctic Circle, but the Arctic Circle is about 50 mi (80 km) north of Circle.
Every February, Circle City hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race.
Many of the events in John McPhee's non-fiction book, Coming into the Country (1976), occur in Circle.
Circle is located at 65°50′4″N 144°4′35″W / 65.83444°N 144.07639°W (65.834464, -144.076392).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 108.2 square miles (280 km2), of which 107.7 square miles (279 km2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) (0.50%) is water.
Circle first appeared on the 1900 U.S. Census as "Circle City," although it was an unincorporated village. Its name was shortened to Circle for the 1910 census. It was made a census-designated place in 1980.
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