Nenana, Alaska
Nenana
Toghotili | |
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Nenana train station and Parks Highway bridge | |
Nenana Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 64°33′29″N 149°5′26″W / 64.55806°N 149.09056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Yukon-Koyukuk |
| Incorporated | November 17, 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joshua K Verhagen |
| • State senator | Mike Cronk (R) |
| • State rep. | Rebecca Schwanke (R) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.25 sq mi (16.18 km2) |
| • Land | 5.95 sq mi (15.42 km2) |
| • Water | 0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2) |
| Elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 358 |
| • Density | 60.1/sq mi (23.22/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99760 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-53050 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1406940 |
Nenana /nɛˈnænə/ (Lower Tanana: Toghotili) is a home rule city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough in Interior Alaska. Nenana developed as a Lower Tanana community at the confluence where the tributary Nenana River enters the Tanana. As of the 2020 census, Nenana had a population of 358.
Completed in 1923, the 700-foot-long (210 m) Mears Memorial Bridge was built over the Tanana River as part of the territory's railroad project connecting Anchorage and Fairbanks.