Golden City
A historical populated place in Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
at junction of Twin and Pedro Creeks, 14 mi. NE of Fairbanks, Yukon-Tanana High.
GNIS historical note
Name applied by prospectors to a former mining camp; reported in 1903 by T. G. Gerdine, (Prindle, 1905, pl. 13), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1402743. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.