This is a list of mayors of Anchorage,
Alaska,
United States.
Anchorage
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
was incorporated as a
city
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on November 23, 1920. The Greater Anchorage Area
Borough, which encompassed the city, was created in January 1964. The two were merged in a
unified government
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called the
Municipality of Anchorage on September 15, 1975. Under the current mayoral system, the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage is elected in a non-partisan election to a three-year term and they are
limited
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to two terms in office.
Mayors of the City of Anchorage
Mayors of Greater Anchorage Area Borough
Mayors of the Municipality of Anchorage
See also
*
History of Anchorage, Alaska
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Timeline of Anchorage, Alaska
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
20th century
* 1914 – Anchorage founded as a railroad construction camp.
* 1915
** Chamber of Commerce and Anchorage Memorial cemetery establishe ...
References
External links
Honor Roll of Anchorage Mayors
{{Mayors of Anchorage
Anchorage
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...