Editing Northway, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Northway, Alaska
|native_name              = K’ehtthiign
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|map_caption              = Location of Northway, Alaska
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Census Area]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska|Southeast Fairbanks]]
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|leader_title             = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
|leader_name              = [[Click Bishop]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|leader_title1            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name1             = [[Mike Cronk]] (R)
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|established_date         =

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|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_02.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 640.55
|area_land_km2            = 627.84
|area_water_km2           = 12.71
|area_total_sq_mi         = 247.32
|area_land_sq_mi          = 242.41
|area_water_sq_mi         = 4.91

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 234
|population_density_km2   = 0.37
|population_density_sq_mi = 0.97

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|timezone                 = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
|utc_offset               = -9
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|utc_offset_DST           = -8
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|elevation_m              = 521
|elevation_ft             = 1709
|coordinates              = {{coord|62|58|9|N|141|54|18|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 99764
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 02-56220
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1407253
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'''Northway''' (''K’ehtthiign''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/map/names/ |title=UAF: Alaska Native Place Names |access-date=January 25, 2013 |archive-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819035201/https://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/map/names/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Upper Tanana language|Upper Tanana Athabascan]]) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska]], United States.  Prior to the 2020 Census, the borders of the CDP got expanded to include [[Northway Junction, Alaska|Northway Junction]] and [[Northway Village, Alaska|Northway Village]].<ref name="2020 Census Maps">
 {{cite web
 | url = https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/maps/place/current/56220.pdf
 | title = Northway CDP Map - US Census 2020 TIGERline
 | publisher = State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development
 | access-date = November 2, 2021
}}
</ref> The population was 234 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]], up from 71 in 2010.<ref name="2020 Census Data">
 {{cite web
 | url = https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/2020-census-data.html
 | title = 2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places
 | format = Web
 | publisher = State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development
 | access-date = October 31, 2021
}}
</ref>

==Geography==
Northway is located at {{coord|62|58|9|N|141|54|18|W|type:city}} (62.969297, -141.905034).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]] in 2020, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|247.32|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|242.41|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|4.91|sqmi|km2}} of it (8.45%) is water.<ref name="2020 Census Gazetter">
 {{cite web
 | url = https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_02.txt
 | title = Places (2020): Alaska
 | format = [[Text file|TXT]]
 | publisher = United States Census Bureau
 | access-date = October 31, 2021
}}
</ref>

The highest [[sea-level pressure]] in the United States was recorded at Northway on January 31, 1989, with a reading of 31.85&nbsp;inches, a record only surpassed by two readings in Siberia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF12/1267.html |title=Recipe for a Cold Snap, Alaska Science Forum |website=www.gi.alaska.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000901032043/http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF12/1267.html |archive-date=September 1, 2000}}</ref> Due to aircraft altimeters only being able to calibrate to 31&nbsp;inches, most were grounded.

==Climate==
Northway has a dry-winter [[continental subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dwc'').

{{Weather box
|location = Northway, Alaska (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1942–present)
|single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 43
| Feb record high F = 48
| Mar record high F = 56
| Apr record high F = 74
| May record high F = 88
| Jun record high F = 92
| Jul record high F = 88
| Aug record high F = 89
| Sep record high F = 79
| Oct record high F = 68
| Nov record high F = 42
| Dec record high F = 51
| year record high F = 
| Jan avg record high F = 18.2
| Feb avg record high F = 27.7
| Mar avg record high F = 42.4
| Apr avg record high F = 58.8
| May avg record high F = 73.4
| Jun avg record high F = 81.7
| Jul avg record high F = 81.7
| Aug avg record high F = 78.7
| Sep avg record high F = 66.3
| Oct avg record high F = 49.4
| Nov avg record high F = 24.7
| Dec avg record high F = 17.8
|year avg record high F = 84.1
| Jan high F = -4.5
| Feb high F = 7.8
| Mar high F = 24.5
| Apr high F = 45.3
| May high F = 60.5
| Jun high F = 69.6
| Jul high F = 71.5
| Aug high F = 66.5
| Sep high F = 54.5
| Oct high F = 32.1
| Nov high F = 7.9
| Dec high F = -2.3
| year high F =

|Jan mean F = -13.3
|Feb mean F = -4.0
|Mar mean F = 8.3
|Apr mean F = 31.1
|May mean F = 47.2
|Jun mean F = 57.2
|Jul mean F = 59.9
|Aug mean F = 55.0
|Sep mean F = 43.2
|Oct mean F = 23.2
|Nov mean F = -0.7
|Dec mean F = -10.8
|year mean F =

| Jan low F = -22.1
| Feb low F = -15.8
| Mar low F = -8.0
| Apr low F = 16.9
| May low F = 34.0
| Jun low F = 44.7
| Jul low F = 48.4
| Aug low F = 43.5
| Sep low F = 31.9
| Oct low F = 14.3
| Nov low F = -9.2
| Dec low F = -19.3
| year low F = 
| Jan avg record low F = -47.6
| Feb avg record low F = -40.1
| Mar avg record low F = -32.9
| Apr avg record low F = -6.8
| May avg record low F = 22.2
| Jun avg record low F = 33.7
| Jul avg record low F = 39.6
| Aug avg record low F = 31.9
| Sep avg record low F = 19.1
| Oct avg record low F = -8.3
| Nov avg record low F = -33.0
| Dec avg record low F = -40.5
|year avg record low F = -51.1
| Jan record low F = -72
| Feb record low F = -71
| Mar record low F = -56
| Apr record low F = -42
| May record low F = 2
| Jun record low F = 25
| Jul record low F = 32
| Aug record low F = 12
| Sep record low F = -6
| Oct record low F = -36
| Nov record low F = -55
| Dec record low F = -64
| year record low F = -72 
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.31
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.24
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.15
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.22
| May precipitation inch = 0.98
| Jun precipitation inch = 2.26
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.92
| Aug precipitation inch = 1.79
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.07
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.53
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.51
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.30
| year precipitation inch = 
| Jan precipitation days = 5.5
| Feb precipitation days = 3.5
| Mar precipitation days = 3.4
| Apr precipitation days = 3.0
| May precipitation days = 8.2
| Jun precipitation days = 12.4
| Jul precipitation days = 15.0
| Aug precipitation days = 13.4
| Sep precipitation days = 9.1
| Oct precipitation days = 7.9
| Nov precipitation days = 7.2
| Dec precipitation days = 5.7
| Jan snow inch = 6.3
| Feb snow inch = 5.2
| Mar snow inch = 3.5
| Apr snow inch = 1.2
| May snow inch = 1.8
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 1.9
| Oct snow inch = 6.1
| Nov snow inch = 9.8
| Dec snow inch = 7.1
| year snow inch =
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 1.5
| Oct snow days = 7.1
| Nov snow days = 10.8
| Dec snow days = 8.9
| Jan snow days = 8.4
| Feb snow days = 6.6
| Mar snow days = 4.2
| Apr snow days = 1.4
| May snow days = 1.1
| Jun snow days = 0.0
|year snow days = 50.0

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00026412&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Northway AP, AK
|access-date = February 11, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=afg
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Fairbanks
|access-date = February 11, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Transportation==

There is a shuttle between Tok and Northway three times a week, connecting with the Fairbanks - Glennallen - Anchorage service.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1950= 196
|1960= 196
|1970= 40
|1980= 73
|1990= 123
|2000= 95
|2010= 71
|2020= 234
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Northway first appeared on the 1950 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Northway-Nabesna", which included the native village of Nabesna on the west side of Nabesna River across from present-day [[Northway Village, Alaska|Northway Village]]. It returned as Northway in 1960. In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

As of the census of 2010, there were 290 people. The racial makeup of the CDP was 66% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 29% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], and 4.8% from two or more races.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=March 27, 2015 }}</ref>

The median age was 39.6.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=March 27, 2015 }}</ref>

==Education==
Northway is part of the [[Alaska Gateway School District]]. Walter Northway School, a K-12 campus, serves community students.

==References==
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{{Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Tanana Athabaskans]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska]]