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The history of Four Mile Road

Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 2000.

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The story so far

Four Mile Road, in brief

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Four Mile Road is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Four Mile Road had a population of 18.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 43 to 18 (-58%).

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

By decade

Four Mile Road, decade by decade

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On the map

Four Mile Road on the map in 1950

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Four Mile Road.

Four Mile Road on the 1950 USGS map1950Fairbanks C-5 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 Four Mile Road.

People over time

Four Mile Road, census by census

020002020Peak: 43

Between 18 and 43 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Four Mile Road’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Four Mile Road

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Don WrightAmerican politician · b. 1929
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Erica LordDene (Northern Athabascan)/Iñupiaq interdiscipl… · b. 1978

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.