Anchorage Population 2010: 291,826, #64 in U.S., #1 in Alaska 1950: 11,254 2010
Metropolitan Area: 380,821, #133 in U.S. In 1975, the City of Anchorage and Borough of Anchorage were consolidated into the Municipality of Anchorage, creating the largest city (in square miles) in the United States. As a result, the population jumped from 48,081 in the 1970 census to 174,431 in the 1980 census. Setting Anchorage was founded in 1914 as a railroad construction port for the Alaska Railroad. It is bounded on the west by Cook Inlet of the Gulf of Alaska and on the east by the Chugach Mountains. Buildings Tallest Building: Conoco-Phillips Building, 296 feet (1983) List of tallest buildings Stores The enclosed 5th Avenue Mall (1987) in downtown Anchorage has a Nordstrom and a J. C. Penney. Trains There is no Amtrak service in Alaska, but the Alaska Railroad has daily trains in the summer from the Anchorage station (built in 1942) to Fairbanks, Whittier, and Seward. In the winter, there is weekly service to Fairbanks.
|  Anchorage and Chugach Mountains Museums The Anchorage Museum is located downtown. Theaters Downtown Anchorage no first-run movie theaters. The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (1989) hosts the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Anchorage Opera, and touring Broadway shows. Sports Alaska has no professional baseball, but it does have the Alaska Baseball League, a summer college league. The Anchorage Bucs of the ABL play at Mulcahy Stadium (1964), south of downtown. The Alaska Aces of the East Coast Hockey League play at Sullivan Arena (1983), south of downtown. Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau |