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ZIP code99705 Wikidata

Area code907 Wikidata

About North Pole

City in Alaska, United States

1953Established

2,243Population

4.2 sq miArea

482 ftElevation

North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,243, up from 2,117 in 2010. Despite its name, the city is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) south of Earth's geographic North Pole and 125 miles (201 km) south of the Arctic Circle.

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