Location of Chicken, Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 64°4′15″N141°52′30″W / 64.07083°N 141.87500°WCoordinates: 64°4′15″N141°52′30″W / 64.07083°N 141.87500°W | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Southeast Fairbanks |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Click Bishop (R) |
| • State rep. | Dave Talerico (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 115.4 sq mi (298.9 km2) |
| • Land | 115.4 sq mi (298.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,677 ft (511 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7[1] |
| • Estimate | 13 |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99732 |
| Area code(s) | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-13450 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1400245 |
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Chicken is a U.S. census-designated place in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It is a community founded on gold mining, and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. The population was 7 at the time of the 2010 Census, down from 17 in 2000. However, usually year round, there are 17 inhabitants. Due to mining, Chicken's population peaks during the summer. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[2]
History[edit]
Chicken Breeds
Chicken was settled by gold miners in the late 19th century. In 1902 the local post office was established, requiring a community name. Due to the prevalence of ptarmigan in the area, that name was suggested as the official name for the new community. However, the spelling could not be agreed on, and 'Chicken' was used to avoid embarrassment.[3] A portion of Chicken, with buildings from the early 1900s and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge), is listed on the National Register of Historical Places as the Chicken Historic District. Chicken is the outpost for the 40 Mile mining district. There are still active gold mines and inactive gold dredges in this area. Enough gold was mined here to make it worthwhile to haul huge gold dredges to this remote location.
Geography[edit]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 115.4 square miles (299 km2), all of it land.
Chicken is accessible by air via Chicken Airport, and by road via Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March.
Climate[edit]
Chicken experiences a dry-winter subarctic climate (KöppenDwc) with mild to warm summers and severely cold winters.
| Climate data for Chicken, AK | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 31 (−1) | 43 (6) | 54 (12) | 75 (24) | 84 (29) | 90 (32) | 91 (33) | 87 (31) | 71 (22) | 64 (18) | 35 (2) | 32 (0) | 91 (33) |
| Average high °F (°C) | −14.4 (−25.8) | 0.4 (−17.6) | 19.4 (−7.0) | 41.9 (5.5) | 57.9 (14.4) | 69.2 (20.7) | 70.1 (21.2) | 64.3 (17.9) | 53.0 (11.7) | 30.5 (−0.8) | 4.7 (−15.2) | −6.5 (−21.4) | 32.5 (0.3) |
| Average low °F (°C) | −31.0 (−35.0) | −22.7 (−30.4) | −13.9 (−25.5) | 11.1 (−11.6) | 29.1 (−1.6) | 38.9 (3.8) | 41.6 (5.3) | 36.3 (2.4) | 26.1 (−3.3) | 8.9 (−12.8) | −12.2 (−24.6) | −23.2 (−30.7) | 7.4 (−13.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −72 (−58) | −72 (−58) | −58 (−50) | −29 (−34) | 5 (−15) | 15 (−9) | 24 (−4) | 19 (−7) | −7 (−22) | −39 (−39) | −52 (−47) | −72 (−58) | −72 (−58) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.41 (10) | 0.25 (6.4) | 0.17 (4.3) | 0.26 (6.6) | 1.14 (29) | 2.26 (57) | 2.84 (72) | 1.87 (47) | 1.11 (28) | 0.49 (12) | 0.40 (10) | 0.63 (16) | 11.83 (298.3) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.2 (13) | 3.3 (8.4) | 2.6 (6.6) | 2.3 (5.8) | 1.3 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.7 (4.3) | 6.1 (15) | 5.9 (15) | 8.1 (21) | 36.5 (92.4) |
| Source: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak1684 | |||||||||||||
Demographics[edit]
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 20 | — | |
| 1940 | 41 | 105.0% | |
| 1950 | 34 | −17.1% | |
| 1980 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | 7 | −58.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
Chicken first appeared as an unincorporated village on the 1930 U.S. Census. It appeared on the 1940 and 1950 censuses, but then did not appear again until 1980, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP). It was removed as a CDP for 1990 and did not report a population, but had its CDP status restored for 2000 and 2010.
Depictions in literature[edit]
The biographical novel Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness, by Robert Specht, tells the story of Anne Hobbs, a teacher in Chicken in the 1920s.[5]
References[edit]
- ^'American FactFinder - Results'. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^Gallant, Frank K. (2012). A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names. Courier Dover Publications. p. 7. ISBN9780486483603.
- ^Mackenzie, B. B. (5 June 2012). Alaska Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 72. ISBN978-0-7627-9460-7.
- ^'U.S. Decennial Census'. Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^Specht, Robert (1976). Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness. Bantam. ISBN978-0-553-26596-5.
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