Geography
Fox is located at 64°57′14″N 147°37′42″W / 64.95389°N 147.62833°W / 64.95389; -147.62833 (64.953979, -147.628325), on the bank of Fox Creek as it enters Goldstream Creek Valley, 16 km (9.9 mi) northeast of Fairbanks. Steese Highway and Elliott Highway intersect in Fox.
Established as a mining camp in the early 1900s, Fox functions as a bedroom community today and most residents work in nearby Fairbanks.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.6 square miles (35 km2), all of it land.
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