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History · Fort Greely

Half of Fort Greely’s homes were built after 2002

Most of Fort Greely was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1950 on, and the census since 1970.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Fort Greely’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Fort Greely’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Fort Greely’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fort Greely’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewValdez-Fairbanks Trail Roadhouses, Delt…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Fort Greely, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fort Greely yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Fort Greely is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is home to the Fort Greely military installation. As of the 2020 census, Fort Greely had a population of 309.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 539 to 309 (-43%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Fort Greely, decade by decade

Date unknown3 to date
Valdez-Fairbanks Trail Roadhouses, Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKDate?Valdez-Fairbanks Trail Roadhouses, Delta Junction, So…Ptarmigan Creek Cabin, North bank of Ptarmigan Creek, Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKDate?Ptarmigan Creek Cabin, North bank of Ptarmigan Creek,…Valdez-Fairbanks Trail Roadhouses, Sullivan Roadhouse, Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKDate?Valdez-Fairbanks Trail Roadhouses, Sullivan Roadhouse…
On the map

Fort Greely on the map in 1950

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fort Greely.

Fort Greely on the 1950 USGS map1950Mount Hayes D-4 sheet · 1:63,360

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fort Greely.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Valdez-Fairbanks Trail Roadhouses, Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
Retake this viewValdez-Fairbanks Trail Roadhouses, Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Fort Greely’s page.

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People over time

Fort Greely, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000198020002020Peak: 1,820

Between 309 and 1,820 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fort Greely’s Wikipedia page.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.