Place:Susitna, Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States

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NameSusitna
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates61.558°N 150.577°W
Located inMatanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States
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Susitna is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 11.[1]

Susitna was once home to the legendary Athabaskan elder, historian and ethnologist Shem Pete (c1896-1989), who documented countless locations travelling thousands of miles within the Matanuska-Susitna region. His works were published in Shem Pete's Alaska: The Territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina.

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