Alaska - Contact a mobile notary in the cities below:
Cities in Alaska:
Anchorage | College | Fairbanks | Juneau | Kenai | Ketchikan | Knik-Fairview | Kodiak Lakes | Sitka
Unlike many other states in the Union, Alaska’s native population was not removed when the Europeans moved in and began settling. As a result, 15 percent of the state’s population is Native American.
Alaska is the largest state in America, more than twice the size of Texas. With a land area of over 570,000 square miles, there are only 18 nations in the world that are larger than Alaska. Alaska’s coastline is larger than all of the contiguous U.S. coastlines combined.
The majority of Alaska’s population resides in South Central Alaska, home to cities such as Anchorage, Palmer, Wasilla, Kenai, Valdez, Homer and Seward. This area has two military bases, and contains the Gulf of Alaska. Fishing, tourism and petroleum extraction are the main economic activities in this area.
Southeast Alaska, commonly referred to as the Alaska Panhandle, is where we find Juneau, the capital of Alaska, and the only state capital in America that cannot be reached by road. Due to its location on an island, Juneau can only be reached by boat or airplane. The city is larger than Delaware, and is bordered on one side by Canada, the only U.S. capitol to be bordered by a foreign country. Juneau is named for Joe Juneau, a gold prospector. But long before Mr. Juneau came along, the area was a well-known cultural center for many native Alaskans. The town itself was the first to be established after Alaska was bought from the Russians by the United States. Several efforts have been made to move the capital to another more centralized and easily accessible location, but local politics and pre-existing laws have stood in the way.
Juneau’s exponential growth is attributed to the completion in 1977 of the Alaskan Pipeline, a nearly 800 mile long pipe that transports oil from oil fields in the northern part of Alaska to the coastline, where it can be shipped to the lower 48 states.
The Alaska Panhandle is also home to tidewater glaciers and huge areas of forest land. The economy of this region is centered on these natural attributes, and tourism, fishing and outdoor adventuring are major attractions.
The Alaska Interior is mostly unsettled tundra and wildlife. The area is home to Fairbanks, Alaska’s second largest city and location of Alaska’s oldest university, the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Though this area of Alaska is sparsely settled and populated, it is an ideal place to observe the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights. Observable in March and April, and then again in September and October, these fascinating displays of nighttime lights have enthralled scientists and locals alike for millennia.
The Alaskan Bush is an isolated and little populated part of the state, and contains Barrow, the most northern town in the United States. Barrow was settled by Europeans in the 1800s, but Native Alaskans have lived there for almost 2,000 years.
Alaska has more than 3.5 million lakes. It’s state motto is North to the Future.
You can learn more about Alaska, and about becoming a notary public there, by visiting Become A Notary Public
