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{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Alaska, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Alexander Creek, Alaska
|native_name = Tuqen Kaq'
|other_name = Alexander, Alaska
|settlement_type = [[Alaska Native Regional Corporation|Alaska Native Village Corporation]]
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Alaska]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of boroughs in Alaska|Borough]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska|Matanuska-Susitna]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Township (United States)|Township]]
|subdivision_name3 = T15N R7W [[Seward Meridian]]
|government_footnotes = <ref name=GL-SoA>{{Cite web
| title = The Story of Alexander (Creek)
| publisher = [[James Gottstein|GottsteinLaw.Com]]
| url = http://gottsteinlaw.com/ACI/Oct26-02briefing.pdf
}}</ref>
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|leader_title             = Borough [[mayor]]
|leader_name              = [[Vern Halter]]
|leader_title3 = President of [[Alaska Native Village Corporation|village corporation]]
|leader_name3 = Stephanie Thiele Thompson
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|population_as_of = [[United States Census, 1990|1990]]
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{{Cite web
| title = Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas
| publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], [[United States Department of Commerce]]
| url = https://www.census.gov/geo/www/ezstate/anvsapov.pdf
| access-date = December 6, 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004131444/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ezstate/anvsapov.pdf
| archive-date = October 4, 2012
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|postal_code = 99645
|area_code = [[Area code 907|907]]
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'''Alexander''' ([[Denaʼina language|Dena'ina]]: ''Tuqen Kaq’'') is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska|Matanuska-Susitna Borough]], [[Alaska]], [[United States]].  An [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]] community with an [[Alaska Native Regional Corporation|Alaska Native Village Corporation]], it lies on the [[Susitna River]] delta, near the mouth of [[Alexander Creek (Susitna River)|Alexander Creek]], and {{convert|27|mi|km}} northwest of [[Anchorage, Alaska]] [[Cook Inlet]] Low.<ref name=GNIS-AC/> It is located within the boundaries of [[Susitna, Alaska|Susitna]] CDP.

== History ==
Alexander is located at {{Coord|61|25|2|N|150|35|49|W|region:US-AK_type:landmark_source:GNIS|name=Alexander, Alaska}}, elevation: {{convert|30|ft|m}}.  It is a small, {{convert|2.4|mi|km}} long, [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indian]] village which was reported in 1898 by Eldridge (1900, map 3).<ref name=GNIS-AA>{{cite gnis|id=1398097|name=Alexander|accessdate=May 4, 2009}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Alexander lies on the west bank of [[Alexander Creek (Susitna River)|Alexander Creek]] near its confluence with the big [[Susitna River]] (about {{convert|10|mi|km}} above the Susitna River mouth on [[Cook Inlet]] of the Pacific Ocean); approximately {{convert|27|mi|km}} northwest of [[Anchorage, Alaska]] in the [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska]] and the Anchorage [[Recording District (Alaska)|Recording District]].
<ref name=EN-HoA>{{cite web
| title = History of Alexander (Creek)
| publisher = ExploreNorth.Com
| url = http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-alex.htm
}}</ref>
* ANVSA Name Alexander, AK
* Land Area {{convert|56.8|mi2|km2}}<ref name=USCB-ANVSA/>

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population|align=left
|1980= 11
|1990= 40
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Alexander appeared on the 1980<ref>{{cite web |title=Characteristics of the Populations - Number of Inhabitants - Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_akABCD-01.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=May 1982}}</ref> and 1990<ref>{{cite web |title=1990 Census of Population and Housing - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Alaska |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph5/cph-5-3.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223233331/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph5/cph-5-3.pdf |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> U.S. Census as an unincorporated Native Village (ANVSA). It has not appeared separately since and as of 2000 & 2010, is located within the boundaries of the [[Susitna, Alaska|Susitna]] CDP.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-3.pdf |title=2000 Census of Population and Housing - Alaska |author=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318011024/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Economy ==

Alexander's economy is primarily a subsistence one: living off the land, supplemented by tourism (fishing/hunting guides) and harvesting/selling some renewable natural resources.

==Arts, Culture and Recreation ==

Alexander is surrounded by federal and state forest lands.

== Government ==
Alexander Creek is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

===Alaska Native Village Corporation===
Alexander Creek, Incorporated is an [[Alaska Native Corporation]], incorporated under the [[Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act]].<ref name=GL-SoA/>
{{GeoGroup}}
Stephanie Thiele Thompson, President<br />
Alexander Creek, Incorporated<br />
8128 Cranberry Street<br />
Anchorage, AK 99502<br />
<ref name=GL-SoA/>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Alaska}}
* [[Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act|ANCSA]] Alaska Native Village Corporations
* [[Alaska Native Regional Corporations|Alaska Native Village Corporations]]
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

== References ==
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=== General References ===
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==External links==
* [https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRAExternal/community/Details/581e33d7-29d0-47d3-a950-cdf4f17e97db Alexander Creek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225190128/https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRAExternal/community/Details/581e33d7-29d0-47d3-a950-cdf4f17e97db |date=December 25, 2016 }} at the Community Database Online from the [[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs]]

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[[Category:Alaska Native village corporations]]
[[Category:Anchorage metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Alaska]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska]]