Apopka, Florida Apopka, Florida City City of Apopka Apopka City Hall in April 2007 Apopka City Hall in April 2007 Flag of Apopka, Florida Flag Official seal of Apopka, Florida Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Location in Orange County and the state of Florida State Florida Apopka is a town/city in Orange County, Florida, United States.
The city's populace was 41,542 at the 2010 census, up from 26,969 in 2000.
Apopka is a Seminole word for "Potato eating place". Apopka is often referred to as the "Indoor Foliage Capital of the World". 2 Present-day Apopka 7 Apopka in literature The earliest known inhabitants of the Apopka region were the Acuera citizens , members of the Timucua confederation.
This is the 1859 historic building, The Lodge, that became the central point of the 1 mile square formation of the City of Apopka.
In 1905, the Apopka City Council authorized incorporation of the Apopka Water, Light, and Ice Company.
Starbird was appointed its manager, but it was not until voters allowed a $9,000 bond in 1914 that he was able to contract with International Harvester Corporation to construct a power plant, so electricity was not available in the town/city until February 10, 1915.
They continued to manage the city's utility needs until the 1940s, when they sold off its ice plants to the Atlantic Company, its electric service to Florida Power Corporation, and its water services to Florida Utilities.
Five buildings in Apopka have been placed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places through the Apopka Historical Society homed in the Museum of the Apopkans.
1885 Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot 36 E Station St Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot 1887 Mitchell-Tibbetts House 21 E Orange St 1932 Carroll Building (Apopka, Florida) 407-409 S Park Ave Apopka is known for having one of the longest-serving mayors in the United States.
Land, first propel in 1949, served for 61.25 years (with a short three-year gap), making him the longest serving mayor in Florida and longest serving full-time mayor in the United States through 2014. This bridge was assembled by Orange County, FL and the City of Apopka, FL over State Road 441 connecting two sections of the Rails-to-Trails fitness forming the West Orange Trail for bicyclists and pedestrians.
On April 8, 2014, Apopka City Commissioner Joe Kilsheimer won an election to succeed John H.
Apopka Mayor Years Apopka Mayor Multi-Year Apopka is a fast-growing town/city and is expanding in all directions.
Most notable are the new Lowes and Home Depot DIY stores to the north of the town/city on US 441 in the locale of the previous Dunn Citrus grove (the stretch of 441 which runs through the town/city is titled after Fred N.
The John Land Apopka Expressway (Toll 414) opened on May 15, 2009, relieving some of US 441's traffic, taking the route from what is now the US 441 junction with SR 429, and then passing south of the town/city to rejoin US 441 at its junction with Maitland Boulevard South of the city.
Forbes Magazine titled Apopka the "14th Friendliest City in America" in December 2012. Apopka is positioned at 28 40 34 N 81 30 38 W. It is approximately 16 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 32.6 square miles (84.4 km2), of which 31.2 square miles (80.9 km2) is territory and 1.4 square miles (3.5 km2) (4.15%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 26,642 citizens , 9,562 homeholds, and 7,171 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,108.1 inhabitants per square mile (427.9/km ).
There were 10,091 housing units at an average density of 419.7 per square mile (162.1/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 73.85% White, 15.56% African American, 0.42% Native American, 1.89% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 5.36% from other competitions, and 2.83% from two or more competitions.
18.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $43,651, and the median income for a family was $49,380.
The per capita income for the town/city was $19,189.
About 7.1% of families and 9.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.
In 2010 Apopka had a populace of 41,542.
The ethnic and ethnic composition of the populace was 49.5% White, 20.7% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.4% non-Hispanic reporting some other race, 3.3% reporting two or more competitions and 25.4% Hispanic or Latino. Apopka is served by Orange County Public Schools with two high schools: Apopka High School and Wekiva High School.
University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Mid-Florida Research and Education Center is positioned in Apopka.
The Golf Academy of America (Altamonte Campus), a 2-year golf college is positioned in Apopka.
Sawyer Brown, nation music band established in Apopka Apopka in literature Apopka is referenced in Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Apopka is referenced in Eddie C.
Detailed history of the greater Apopka and Central Florida region is specified in Perrine Slim's book, The Pennings of Perrine Slim: Stories of Northwest Orange County Florida.
Apopka's historic 1903 Eldorado--referred to as the Eldredge/Mc - Bride House is encompassed in the book of the paintings of George E.
"American Fact - Finder".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Apopka city, Florida".
"Seminole Tribe of Florida - Culture, Language".
"City of Apopka - Home".
First propel in 1949, 93-year-old Apopka mayor loses historic vote Apopka's new mayor seeks to build around city's 'inner Mayberry' "Orlando toller completes FL414 Apopka pike - opening ceremony".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Apopka city, Florida".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
2010 populace report for Apopka Apopka Chief, small-town newspaper, available for no-charge in full-text with images in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library Wikimedia Commons has media related to Apopka, Florida.
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