<Li> Fairbanks, Alaska 64 ° 50 ′ 22.94" N 147 ° 43 ′ 14.63" W ﻿ / ﻿ 64.8397056 ° N 147.7207306 ° W ﻿ / 64.8397056; - 147.7207306 ﻿ (Fairbanks City Hall)--northernmost city of more than 20,000 residents, and northernmost city with public road access </Li> <Li> Anchorage, Alaska 61 ° 13 ′ 4.17" N 149 ° 53 ′ 33.17" W ﻿ / ﻿ 61.2178250 ° N 149.8925472 ° W ﻿ / 61.2178250; - 149.8925472 ﻿ (Anchorage City Hall)--northernmost city of more than 100,000 residents </Li> <Li> Northwest Angle Inlet in Lake of the Woods, Minnesota 49 ° 23 ′ 04.1" N 95 ° 9 ′ 12.2" W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.384472 ° N 95.153389 ° W ﻿ / 49.384472; - 95.153389 ﻿ (Northwest Angle)--northernmost point in the 48 contiguous states (because of incomplete information at the time of the Treaty of Paris (1783) settling the American Revolutionary War) </Li> <Li> Sumas, Washington 49 ° 00 ′ 08.6" N 122 ° 15 ′ 40" W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.002389 ° N 122.26111 ° W ﻿ / 49.002389; - 122.26111 ﻿ (Sumas, WA)--northernmost incorporated place in the 48 contiguous states (because of 19th century survey inaccuracy placing the international border slightly north of the 49th parallel here .) </Li>

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