Knik River, AK

Knik River is a small census-designated place in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, about 15 miles southeast of Palmer along the Knik River. It had 792 residents at the 2020 census and is part of the Anchorage metro area, though the setting feels far more rural than urban. The Knik or K'enah Ht'ana band of Dena'ina Athabascans were the earliest inhabitants, a...