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History · Fox

Fox’s post office opened in 1908

Most of Fox was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1949 on, and the census since 1950.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Fox’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Fox began

When was Fox founded?

1908

The Fox post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 25 in 19502020 census: 406118 years
Founding year: the first Fox post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fox’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Fox’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCREEL permafrost tunnel 1987: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Fox, in brief

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

Fox is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Fox had a population of 406.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 417 to 406 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Fox, 1908 to 1991

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Fox post office opens
  3. 1947Post officeThe Fox post office closes
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1987In the archiveCREEL permafrost tunnel 1987
  6. 1991In the archiveSOUTHWEST SIDE - Fairbanks Exploration Company, Goldstream Dredge No. 8, Bunkhouse, Fox, …
By decade

Fox, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1980s to the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s–1990s2 items
CREEL permafrost tunnel 19871987CREEL permafrost tunnel 1987SOUTHWEST SIDE - Fairbanks Exploration Company, Goldstream Dredge No. 8, Bunkhouse, Fox, Fairbanks North Star Borough, …1991SOUTHWEST SIDE - Fairbanks Exploration Company, Golds…
Today4 recent
Steese & Elliott Hwys2011Steese & Elliott HwysAKMap-doton-Fox2004AKMap-doton-FoxFairbanks142002Fairbanks14Fairbanks132002Fairbanks13
On the map

Fox on the map, 1949 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fox. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fox on the 1949 USGS mapFox on the 1966 USGS mapFox on the 1992 USGS map1949Fairbanks D-2 sheet · 1:62,500

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

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.

CREEL permafrost tunnel 1987
Retake this viewCREEL permafrost tunnel 1987, 1987

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

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People over time

Fox, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 417

Between 25 and 417 people in every census since 1950.

6 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fox

Nobody well known was born in Fox itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Bill WalkerAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1951
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Alex HallAmerican freestyle skier · b. 1998
Vivica GenauxAmerican opera singer · b. 1969
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David A. GregoryAmerican actor · b. 1985
Brody HutzlerAmerican actor · b. 1971
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IntuitionAmerican rapper · b. 1983
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Fox had its own post office from 1908 to 1947.

Fox
1908–1947
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Steele CreekIts storyD−Farmers Loop2 historic placesC−GoldstreamIts storyD−

Questions about Fox’s history

What year was Fox founded?

The Fox post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.