Fairhaven, Alaska
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Fairhaven is a populated place in Juneau
, Alaska
, United States
. It is 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the city of Juneau. The name was published in 1962 by the United States Geologic Survey, and entered into the Geographic Names Information System
on March 31, 1981.
Fairhaven in Alaska may also refer to a defunct recording district located on the Seward Peninsula
. The Fairhaven Recording District was merged into the Cape Nome
Recording District on June 13, 1975.
Juneau, Alaska
The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the city of Juneau. The name was published in 1962 by the United States Geologic Survey, and entered into the Geographic Names Information System
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer...
on March 31, 1981.
Fairhaven in Alaska may also refer to a defunct recording district located on the Seward Peninsula
Seward Peninsula
The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It projects about into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle...
. The Fairhaven Recording District was merged into the Cape Nome
Nome, Alaska
Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the...
Recording District on June 13, 1975.