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Healy

Healy

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Denali
Elevation:
  • 1322 ft (402.95 m)
About

On the Nenana River, NW of the mouth of Healy Creek and 78 mi SSW of Fairbanks.

History of Healy

Village established as a mining camp about 1905; named after the Healy Creek. Because of its nearness to the Alaska RR. right-of-way, it became a RR. station and supply point. The "Healy Fork" post office was established in 1921 (Ricks, 1965, p. 25). Its population was 36 in 1930. It is a major coal mining supply center.