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History · Healy Lake

Half of Healy Lake’s homes were built after 1992

Most of Healy Lake was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1980.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Healy Lake’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Healy Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 47 in 1990; 24 people lived here in 2020.
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People over time

Healy Lake, census by census

0198020002020Peak: 47

Peaked at 47 in 1990; 24 people lived here in 2020.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

The story so far

Healy Lake, in brief

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

Healy Lake (Mendees Cheeg in the Healy Lake-Joseph Village dialect of Tanacross Athabascan, meaning "body of water, with an outlet") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Healy Lake had a population of 24.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 13 to 24 (+85%).

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

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On the map

Healy Lake on the map in 1954

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Healy Lake.

Healy Lake on the 1954 USGS map1954Mount Hayes D-2 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 Healy Lake.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.