ADMITTED TO THE UNION:
1959
ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Based on an Aleut word "alaxsxaq" literally meaning "object toward which the action of the sea is directed" or more simply "the mainland".
COUNTIES: 25
STATE MOTTO: North To The Future
1956 PREAMBLE: We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land.
ADDRESS:
120 4th St, Juneau, Alaska 99801
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