page_title: Fairbanks, Alaska
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fairbanks, Alaska / History
caption_attribution_description: English: "Unknown First Family" statue
context_page_description: Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
  Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska. 2019 estimates put the population of the city proper at 30,917, and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough at 96,849, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Alaska. The Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, located 196 miles by road south of the Arctic Circle. Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the founding campus of the University of Alaska system.
caption: First Family Statue near Visitor Center, Fairbanks, Alaska
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