Home We live in South Anchorage on the Hillside. We're visited all year long by moose bedding down in our yard and have wolves, bears, eagles and porcupines stop by every so often. The City of Anchorage encompasses 1,955 sq. Our population is approximately 254,000.
Anchorage is a fast growing city.
Click here to see how we've changed. We get a maximum of 19.5 hours of daylight during the summer. Of course, the winter gives us a maximum 18.75 hours of darkness. We do get a couple of weeks of below zero temperatures every year. President Eisenhower signed the Statehood Act making Alaska the 49th state on January 3, 1959.