Fairbanks North Star Borough is a county-equivalent borough in Alaska, United States, centred on the city of Fairbanks in the state’s interior. It had a population of 95,655 at the 2020 census and covers 7,338 square miles (19,010 km2) of land centred near 64\u00b050\u2032N 146\u00b025\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Fairbanks is the county seat (borough seat), and its postal code is 99701. The borough has 2 incorporated cities, 15 census-designated places and 2 further unincorporated communities. It observes Alaska Time (UTC−9, UTC−8 during daylight saving).<\/p>\n
Nineteen named places are recognised across the borough: 2 incorporated cities, 15 census-designated places (CDP) and 2 unincorporated communities with no formal boundary or census count.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 32,515<\/td>\n | 99701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Pole<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 2,243<\/td>\n | 99705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Badger<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chena Ridge<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99709<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| College<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99709<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eielson AFB<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99702<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ester<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99725<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Farmers Loop<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fox<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Goldstream<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harding-Birch Lakes<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Moose Creek<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99709<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pleasant Valley<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Salcha<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South Van Horn<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Steele Creek<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99709<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Two Rivers<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chatanika<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chena Hot Springs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 99712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base are census-designated places that sit on active-duty Army and Air Force installations respectively; both are counted separately from the civilian city populations above.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nEielson Air Force Base uses the military ZIP 99702.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nThe borough sits in Alaska’s interior, in the Tanana Valley between the Alaska Range to the south and the White Mountains to the north. The Tanana River and its tributary the Chena River, which runs through downtown Fairbanks, are the dominant waterways. Terrain ranges from river-bottom flats around Fairbanks and North Pole to forested hills at Chena Ridge and Farmers Loop, with subarctic boreal forest covering most of the borough’s 7,338 square miles.<\/p>\n |