Editing Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
| native_name                     = Ts'es Tac'ilaexde
| settlement_type                 = [[Census-designated place]]
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline                   = State Fair Winner.jpg
| image_caption                   = Eska Mountain and [[Granite Peak (Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska)|Granite Peak]] surrounding Sutton in late fall
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| image_seal                      = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map                       = Matanuska-Susitna Borough Alaska incorporated and unincorporated areas Sutton-Alpine highlighted.svg
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| map_caption                     = Location in [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska|Matanuska-Susitna Borough]] and the state of [[Alaska]]
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| pushpin_map_caption             = Location within the state of Alaska
| pushpin_mapsize                 = <!-- Location -->
| 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|Borough]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska|Matanuska-Susitna]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = 
| leader_title                    = Borough [[mayor]]
| leader_name                     = [[Edna DeVries]]
| leader_title1                   = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
| leader_name1                    = [[Mike Shower]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| leader_title2                   = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
| leader_name2                    = [[George Rauscher]] (R)
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| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web|title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Alaska|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_02.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 4, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 150.57
| area_land_km2                   = 149.19
| area_water_km2                  = 1.39
| area_total_sq_mi                = 58.14
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 57.60
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.54

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0274525&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Sutton-Alpine CDP, Alaska: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total                = 1038
| population_density_km2          = 6.96
| population_density_sq_mi        = 18.02

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| timezone                        = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -9
| timezone_DST                    = AKDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -8
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| coordinates                     = {{coord|61|42|45|N|148|53|8|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 99674
| area_code                       = [[Area code 907|907]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 02-74525
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'''Sutton''' ([[Ahtna language|Ahtna]]: ''Ts'es Tac'ilaexde''; [[Denaʼina language|Dena'ina]]: ''Ts'es Tuk'ilaght'') is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska|Matanuska-Susitna Borough]] in the U.S. state of [[Alaska]]. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 1,038,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 1,447 in 2010. The CDP includes the former [[coal mining]] community and road construction camp of Sutton, as well as the former mining camps of Eska<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&dq=eska&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref> and Jonesville.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&dq=jonesville&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref>

==Geography==
Sutton-Alpine is located in southeastern Matanuska-Susitna Borough at {{coord|61|42|45|N|148|53|8|W|type:city}} (61.712473, -148.885625),<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> 52–72 miles (84–116&nbsp;km) northeast of [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] along the [[Glenn Highway]]. It sits along [[Alaska Route 1]], the Glenn Highway, between [[Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska|Buffalo Soapstone]] to the west and [[Chickaloon, Alaska|Chickaloon]] to the east. The [[Matanuska River]] forms the southern edge of the CDP. [[Palmer, Alaska|Palmer]], the [[borough seat]], is {{convert|14|mi}} to the southwest via the Glenn Highway.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Sutton-Alpine CDP has a total area of {{convert|58.1|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|57.6|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|0.5|sqmi}}, or 0.92%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/>

==Climate==
Sutton has a [[continental subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] Dfc) with cold, snowy winters and mild summers.

{{Weather box
|location = Sutton
|single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 49
| Feb record high F = 54
| Mar record high F = 55
| Apr record high F = 78
| May record high F = 82
| Jun record high F = 85
| Jul record high F = 85
| Aug record high F = 85
| Sep record high F = 73
| Oct record high F = 67
| Nov record high F = 49
| Dec record high F = 52
| year record high F = 85
| Jan high F = 22.9
| Feb high F = 28.2
| Mar high F = 37.2
| Apr high F = 48.9
| May high F = 60.9
| Jun high F = 66.9
| Jul high F = 68
| Aug high F = 65.7
| Sep high F = 57.2
| Oct high F = 42.5
| Nov high F = 28.1
| Dec high F = 23.6
| year high F = 45.8
| Jan low F = 9.1
| Feb low F = 11.5
| Mar low F = 17.3
| Apr low F = 25
| May low F = 32.4
| Jun low F = 40.7
| Jul low F = 46.3
| Aug low F = 44.1
| Sep low F = 35.9
| Oct low F = 25.9
| Nov low F = 14.8
| Dec low F = 10
| year low F = 26.1
| Jan record low F = -40
| Feb record low F = -43
| Mar record low F = -31
| Apr record low F = -19
| May record low F = 11
| Jun record low F = 17
| Jul record low F = 29
| Aug record low F = 25
| Sep record low F = 12
| Oct record low F = -21
| Nov record low F = -27
| Dec record low F = -36
| year record low F = -43 | precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 1.08
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.04
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.83
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.54
| May precipitation inch = 0.86
| Jun precipitation inch = 1.47
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.48
| Aug precipitation inch = 2.95
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.04
| Oct precipitation inch = 1.66
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.54
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.54
| year precipitation inch = 19.04
| Jan precipitation days = 8
| Feb precipitation days = 6
| Mar precipitation days = 5
| Apr precipitation days = 4
| May precipitation days = 8
| Jun precipitation days = 11
| Jul precipitation days = 16
| Aug precipitation days = 17
| Sep precipitation days = 15
| Oct precipitation days = 9
| Nov precipitation days = 8
| Dec precipitation days = 9
| Jan snow inch = 12.3
| Feb snow inch = 11
| Mar snow inch = 8.7
| Apr snow inch = 3.5
| May snow inch = 1
| Jun snow inch = 0
| Jul snow inch = 0
| Aug snow inch = 0
| Sep snow inch = 0.2
| Oct snow inch = 6.4
| Nov snow inch = 14
| Dec snow inch = 17.8
| year snow inch = 74.8

|source 1 = <ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak8915 |title=SUTTON, AK (508915) |accessdate=November 22, 2015 |publisher=Western Regional Climate Center }}</ref>
|date=November 2015
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 14
|1960= 162
|1970= 76
|1980= 182
|1990= 308
|2000= 1080
|2010= 1447
|2020= 1038
|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>
}}
[[File:Paisaje en Sutton, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-22, DD 107.jpg|thumb|Landscape in Sutton]]
Sutton-Alpine first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Sutton."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&dq=sutton&pg=PA49 | title=Geological Survey Professional Paper| year=1949}}</ref> It did not appear on the 1950 census, but did return in 1960 and 1970. In 1980, Sutton was made a census-designated place (CDP). In 2000, the name was changed to the present Sutton-Alpine. The area of the CDP includes the aforementioned Sutton as well as the former mining villages of Eska (1950 pop: 54, 1960 pop.: 53) and Jonesville (1950 pop: 97).

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,080 people, 278 households, and 179 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|7.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 352 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 67.50% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 4.54% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 22.41% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.28% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.37% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.74% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.17% from two or more races.  1.57% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 278 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 19.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 40.7% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 208.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 261.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,652, and the median income for a family was $36,563. Males had a median income of $31,827 versus $28,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $20,436.  About 6.9% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

==History==
The first people in Sutton were the [[Ahtna]] and [[Denaʼina|Dena'ina]] Athabascans, who called Sutton ''Ts'es Tac'ilaexde'' and ''Ts'es Tuk'ilaght'', respectively. In both languages, the name means 'where fish run among rocks'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kari |first1=James |last2=Pete |first2=Shem |last3=Alex |first3=Daniel |title=Shem Pete's Alaska: The Territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina. |date=2016 |publisher=University of Alaska Press}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sutton Community Hall]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRAExternal/community/Details=Sutton-Alpine Alaska Division of Community Advocacy - Community Information Summary] {{dead link|date=December 2015}}

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[[Category:Anchorage metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Mining communities in Alaska]]