Evansville Alaska Map

About Evansville, Alaska

Evansville is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 0.2 people per km². Evansville is located at 66.9329°N, 151.3701°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99726.

Evansville sits as a quiet outpost of spruce and muskeg, anchored by the vast, silent expanse of the interior where the horizon holds the distant, jagged promise of the Brooks Range. It lies 176.9 miles northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 325°T), and is situated 179.4 miles northwest of Fairbanks. The air here possesses a crisp, biting clarity that sharpens the edges of the taiga, while the light at dusk bleeds a bruised violet across the low-slung canopy of trees. Only three miles away, the stillness of Birch Hill Lake reflects a sky that seems to stretch infinitely beyond the reach of human architecture. Nearby, the Wild River carves a glacial path through the earth, its cold, rhythmic pulse marking the passage of seasons in a land that demands a patient, deliberate existence from any who dwell within its borders.

Evansville maintains its character through the slow, steady hum of bush planes and the seasonal migration of those who work the land and the sky. Life here is defined by the proximity of the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, a protected sanctuary that preserves the raw, untamed essence of the surrounding wilderness. The economy relies heavily on the resilience of those who navigate the sparse infrastructure of the interior, where the necessity of self-reliance has become a quiet, local art form. Even as the modern world pushes against the perimeter, Evansville remains defined by the immense scale of the landscape, a place where the human presence is merely a fleeting, respectful guest amidst the ancient, enduring stillness of the north.

About This Evansville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Evansville, Alaska. Coordinates: 66.932933, -151.37006. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Evansville includes the ZIP code (99726), telephone area code (907), county seat of Yukon-Koyukuk, and school district assignment (Yukon-Koyukuk School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.