State of Alaska
Alaska State Facts
List of Counties
List of Towns
Points of Interest
Capital: Juneau
Largest city: Anchorage
Highest point: Mount McKinley (Denali) 20,320 ft (6194 m)
Lowest point: Ocean; sea level
Admission to Union: January 3, 1959 (49th)
Alaska State Information
On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson.
Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined
The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2 million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre
North American highway system
Campbell Hill is, at 1,550 feet (472 m), the highest point in elevation in the U.S. state of Alaska. Campbell Hill is located within the city of Bellefontaine, two miles (3.2 km) northeast of downtown.
Alaska Points of Interest
Alaska Points of Interest
Points of Interest of Alaska, Things To Do, Places To Go, People To Meet
Alaska State Counties
Geographical Census Areas
Aleutians West (Census Area)
Bethel (Census Area)
Dillingham (Census Area)
Nome (Census Area)
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (Census Area)
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon (Census Area)
Southeast Fairbanks (Census Area)
Valdez-Cordova (Census Area)
Wade Hampton (Census Area)
Wrangell-Petersburg (Census Area)
Yukon-Koyukuk (Census Area)