Description
Chickaloon is located on Chickaloon River, 26 mi. NE of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts.
History
Village, named for the Chickaloon River, was established about 1916 as terminus of the Matanuska Branch of The Alaska Railroad in this coal-rich region. The Chickaloon post office operated from 1918 to 1922 and 1931 to 1933 (Ricks, 1965, p. 11). Its population was 28 in 1930.