Tanana, Alaska

About Tanana

Tanana is a tiny community in northern Alaska counting 233 people who proudly call it home.

Tanana holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 10.67 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 22 residents per square mile.

📰 Tanana News Today

• Mukluk Fire burns up to ten structures in Tok Alaska's News Source · Aug 17
• Tanana Mines Railway passenger coach - Interior Scrapbook - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Fairbanks Daily News-Miner · Aug 16
• Two new wildfires reported Saturday evening north of Anderson Alaska Wildland Fire Information · Jun 20
• LIVE: Tok wildfire torches up to 20 structures, forces evacuations as blaze claims 3,000 acres Alaska's News Source · Aug 17
• Rolling through a blank spot on the map gi.alaska.edu · Apr 3

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Tanana Unique

• The only place in America named Tanana — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• 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

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.

🏫 Schools in Tanana

• Maudrey J. Sommer School

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Tanana