Salcha, AK

Salcha is a census-designated place in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, with 977 residents at the 2020 census. It is part of the Fairbanks metro area, but the setting is rural Interior Alaska, next to both the Salcha River and the Tanana River. The older name Salchaket comes from a Tanana-language phrase meaning "the mouth of Salcha." Salcha is the kind...