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Chase’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Chase. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Chase is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. Located 9.2 miles north from Talkeetna, it is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 19 at the 2020 census, down from 34 in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 34 to 19 (-44%). Half of its homes were built before 1990.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chase yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Kaleb StewartKaleb StewartTalkeetna · 8 mi
By decade

Chase, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Chase is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chase has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Talkeetna Historic District in Talkeetna, 8.7 miles away.

Chase and the nearest listed places

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Talkeetna Historic DistrictFairview InnTalkeetna AirstripCurry LookoutKirsch's Place

Closest to Chase

Talkeetna Historic DistrictTalkeetna · District8.7miFairview InnTalkeetna · Built 19238.7miTalkeetna AirstripTalkeetna · Structure8.8miCurry LookoutChase · Building15miKirsch's PlaceSusitna North · Building17.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Talkeetna Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Chase?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Chase’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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