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History · Moose Creek

Moose Creek’s post office opened in 1917

Most of Moose Creek was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1949 on, and the census since 1980.

1917first post office
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Moose Creek’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Moose Creek began

When was Moose Creek founded?

1917

The Moose Creek post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 510 in 19802020 census: 534109 years
Founding year: the first Moose Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moose Creek’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.Boom and bustPeaked at 747 in 2010; 534 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Moose Creek’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewA placer gold mine on: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Moose Creek, census by census

0200400600800198020002020Peak: 747

Peaked at 747 in 2010; 534 people lived here in 2020.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

The story so far

Moose Creek, in brief

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

Moose Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, Moose Creek had a population of 534. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. Moose Creek is located south of Fairbanks, Alaska along the Richardson Highway. Moose Creek is bordered by Eielson Air Force Base to the south, the Tanana River to the west, and the Chena River Flood Control Project to the north.

Its first post office opened in 1917. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 747 to 534 (-29%).

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

Timeline

Moose Creek, 1914 to 2010

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1914In the archiveA placer gold mine on
  3. 1917Post officeThe Moose Creek post office opens
  4. 1922Post officeThe Moose Creek post office closes
  5. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 21st century
  7. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 747
By decade

Moose Creek, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s2 items
A placer gold mine on1914A placer gold mine onA placer gold mine on1914A placer gold mine on
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
Moose Creek, Alaska2014Moose Creek, Alaska
On the map

Moose Creek on the map, 1949 to 1992

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

Moose Creek on the 1949 USGS mapMoose Creek on the 1950 USGS mapMoose Creek on the 1972 USGS mapMoose Creek on the 1992 USGS map1949Fairbanks C-1 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 Moose Creek.

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.

A placer gold mine on
Retake this viewA placer gold mine on, 1914

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Moose Creek

Nobody well known was born in Moose Creek 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 and old corners

Moose Creek had its own post office from 1917 to 1922.

Moose Creek
1917–1922
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bluff

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.

BadgerIts storyDEielson AFBIts storyD−

Questions about Moose Creek’s history

What year was Moose Creek founded?

The Moose Creek post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 (3), 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.