Suntrana was an
unincorporated community in eastern
Denali Borough
The Denali Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census the population of the borough was 1,619, down from 1,826 in 2010.
The borough seat and most populated community is Healy, and its only incorporated p ...
,
Alaska, United States. It is located within the census-designated place of
Healy.
It lies off the
George Parks Highway
The George Parks Highway (numbered Interstate A-4 and signed Alaska Route 3), usually called simply the Parks Highway, runs 323 miles (520 km) from the Glenn Highway 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage to Fairbanks in the Alaska Inter ...
south of the city of
Anderson, and on the northeastern edge of
Denali National Park and Preserve.
[Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '08.'' Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 6.] Its elevation is 1,463 feet (446 m). Located along the right bank of the
Healy River Healy may refer to:
*Healy (surname)
* USCGC ''Healy'' (WAGB-20), a United States Coast Guard icebreaker
Places
* Healy (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
* Healy (Metra station), a commuter rail station in Chicago
* Heal ...
, Suntrana lies 3½ miles (5½ km) east of
Healy, the
borough seat of the Denali Borough.
The town and mine at Suntrana no longer exist, the site of company housing is now mostly reforested, and little of the mine, power house or old tipple complex remains.
Demographics
Suntrana first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP). In 1990, the CDP was dissolved and was attached to Healy CDP.
References
Mining communities in Alaska
Unincorporated communities in Alaska
Unincorporated communities in Denali Borough, Alaska
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