Published: February 22nd, 2008 12:30 AM
Last Modified: February 22nd, 2008 01:05 AM
POPULATION: 6,987 (2006)
Story tools
LOCATION: North of Wasilla, between Meadow Lakes and Fishhook, in the Mat-Su valley, and including subdivisions to the west of Wasilla-Fishhook Road.
DESCRIPTION: A relatively large settlement of about 1,100 homes with a diverse population. The local economy is based on a variety of retail and other services, and city, borough, state and federal government employment. Many residents are employed in Palmer, Wasilla and Anchorage. There is one school, attended by about 470 students, but other students are bused to Big Lake, Wasilla and Houston.
HISTORY: The area has served as a transportation corridor since about 1906 when the Carle Wagon Road, first of the trails from Knik to the gold mines in the Willow Creek Mining District, was built. This is now the Wasilla-Fishhook Road. Homesteaders settled the area after World War II, and the area continued to develop after a Department of Natural Resources land disposal in the mid-1960s.
ADVERTISEMENT
4 hurt, 1 critically, in Hillside home fire
Anchorage job-growth streak may end in '09
Judge allows Exxon to pursue Point Thomson fight in court
Bush Alaskans to get Venezuela subsidy after all
Most read
Cold spell hits just as gas rates go up
Levi Johnston quits oil field job
Advanced search » | Place an employment ad
Important warning about e-mails purporting to be from the adn.com staff.
© Copyright 2009, The Anchorage Daily News, a subsidiary of The McClatchy Company 
Contact Us | Newsroom Contacts | Communication Forms | Subscriptions | Advertising | Featured Advertisers | Terms of Use
Daily News Jobs | RSS Feeds | ADN Store | Newspapers in Education | Privacy Agreement
