Jaketon, Alaska
| City of Jaketon | |||
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| Country | Cascadia | ||
| State | Alaska | ||
| County | Brooks | ||
| Platted | 2008 | ||
| Incorporation | 2009 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council-Manager | ||
| • City Council | Mayor Jeffrey Martin Kade Hardin Marshal Yount Sr. Robert Lacie Sam G. Rayburn |
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| • City Manager | Kayla Sykes | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 473,697 | ||
| • Density | 748.8/km2 (1,939.4/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-6) | ||
| ZIP codes | 97701–97710, 97713, 97720, 97725-97729 | ||
| Area code(s) | 907 | ||
| Website | www.jaketon.ak.gov | ||
Jaketon is a city in and county seat of Brooks County, Cascadia, within the Jaketon–Riverside Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the Cascadian capital. The city's population was 473,697 at the 2014 census making it the most populous city in the state of Alaska and the Nation's fouth largest city.
McGovern University with its 23,000 students is located in Jaketon, along with the Alaska State University's Jaketon Campus. The city's daily newspaper is The Jaketon Post, while The Caller is published weekly.
Education
The city is served by the Jaketon Independent School District, which operates many public schools throughout the city and nearby unincorporated suburbia. The are also many private schools within the city, religious and otherwise. Due to serving the nations capital, Jaketon I.S.D. receives millions of dollars in grants from the federal government, allowing them to keep up with the city's rapid expantion and to hire the best teachers in the nation.
