City of Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States

Overview of Soldotna

• Name:
  Soldotna
• Official Name:
  City of Soldotna
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City
• Located In:
  Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  On the N bank of the Kenai River, along Sterling Highway N of Kenai River, 8 mi. SE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.
• History (GNIS):
  Village, named for the stream, reported to have been established in the late 1930's or early 1940's at the Stering-Kenai Road junction. A post office was established here in 1949 (Ricks, 1965, p. 60).
• Surveys:
  Seward Meridian
  

  Range 10 West
  

  Townships: 5 North

  Range 11 West
  

  Townships: 5 North
• Borough Seat of:
  Kenai Peninsula Borough
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:60.487777860° 29' 16.0"N

  Longitude:-151.0583333151° 03' 30.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Ridgeway 3.2 mi. N
  • Kenai 8.2 mi. NW
  • Kalifornsky 9.2 mi. SW
  • Funny River 10.1 mi. E
  • Sterling 10.6 mi. E
  • Naptowne 11.7 mi. E
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Gaede Homestead 0.1 mi. NW
  • Damon Memorial 2.8 mi. W
  • Kalifornsky Village Orthodox Church 6.3 mi. SW
  • Robinson 6.5 mi. SW
  • Heavenly Meadows 7.2 mi. W
  • Funny River Memorial Garden 7.5 mi. E
  • Cannery (Kenai) 7.6 mi. NW
  • Leif Hansen Memorial Park (Kenai) 7.9 mi. NW
  • Bears Rest 8.4 mi. NE
  • Saint Nicholas Memorial Chapel (Kenai) 8.4 mi. NW
  • Russian Orthodox (Kenai) 8.4 mi. NW
  • Kenai City (Kenai) 8.5 mi. NW
• Population:
  4,136
• Elevation:
  32 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  625823411
• Updated Apr 24, 2020