verb (used with object) 1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. 2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). 3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.
Wasilla, Alaska. Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census. Estimates in 2013 put the population at roughly 8,621. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 396,142 in 2013. Established at the intersect
Between 1990 and 2000, Alaska's population grew from 550,043 to 626,932, or 14%. Population projections for 2005 reach 700,000, and the state is projected to have a population of 885,000 by 2025. Regions of settlement and development constitute less than 1% of Alaska's total land area. The population density was 1.1 persons per sq mi in 2000, making Alaska the nation's most sparsely settled state.