Beaver, Alaska

About Beaver

Beaver, AK is a small unincorporated community located in northern Alaska.

Beaver holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 20.52 square miles.

📰 Beaver News Today

• Flood-swollen Mendenhall River claims an unlikely victim: Alaska Seaplanes Beaver Alaska Story · Aug 14
• A Remote Alaska Village, a Small Aircraft, and a Few Cases of Beer The New Republic · Jul 22
• U.S. Supreme Court to hear Alaska plane confiscation case thecentersquare.com · Jul 20
• Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether airplane was improperly seized for transporting a six-pack of beer SCOTUSblog · Jul 20
• A 6-pack of Budweiser and a $95k fine: Pilot takes his case to the Supreme Court USA Today · Jul 20

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What Makes Beaver Unique

• One of 10 places in the US named Beaver — but the Alaska one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
• Positioned in northern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.

🏫 Schools in Beaver

• Cruikshank School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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