Anderson
Anderson
lies on a spur road which spans 6 miles west off the George Parks
Highway, 76 miles southwest of Fairbanks and 285 miles north of
Anchorage. Clear Air Force Station is located within the City
boundaries. It lies at approximately 64° 25' N Latitude, 149° 15' W
Longitude (Sec. 05, T007S, R008W, Fairbanks Meridian). The community is
located in the Nenana Recording District. The area encompasses 47 sq.
miles of land and 0 sq. miles of water.
The city is named for Arthur Anderson,
one of several homesteaders who originally settled in the area in the
late 1950s. In 1959, Mr. Anderson subdivided his 80-acre homestead into
1/4 acre lots for sale. Most of these lots were purchased by civilian
workers from Clear Air Force Station, a ballistic missile early warning
site, completed in 1961. An elementary school was established in the
community in 1961, and Anderson incorporated as a City in 1962. A road
was completed between Anderson and Nenana, which allowed easy access to
Fairbanks. North, vehicles were ferried across the Tanana River at
Nenana until 1968, when a $6 million steel bridge was completed. By
1971, the George Parks Hwy. was constructed, which enabled road access
to Anchorage.
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