Circle (also called Circle City) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 100.
Circle is 260 km (162 miles) north of Fairbanks at the end of the Steese Highway. Circle was named by miners in the late 1800s who believed that the town was on the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle is actually about 80 km (50 miles) north of Circle.
Circle is also the unofficial northe...
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Circle (also called Circle City) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 100.
Circle is 260 km (162 miles) north of Fairbanks at the end of the Steese Highway. Circle was named by miners in the late 1800s who believed that the town was on the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle is actually about 80 km (50 miles) north of Circle.
Circle is also the unofficial northern terminus of the Pan-American Highway.
Circle is located at 65°50′4″N 144°4′35″W / 65.83444°N 144.07639°W / 65.83444; -144.07639 (65.834464, -144.076392).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 108.2 square miles (280.3 km²), of which, 107.7 square miles (278.9 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²) of it (0.50%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 100 people, 34 households, and 22 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 0.9 people per square mile (0.4/km²). There...
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