Apopka, Florida
At the conclusion of the Second Seminole War, the U.S. Congress passed the Armed Occupation Act of 1842, forcing surviving natives at Ahapopka to abandon their village and seek refuge deeper in the wilderness of the Florida peninsula.The early American settlers built a major trading center on the foundations of the earlier Indian settlement.In 1859 the lodge erected a permanent meeting place at what is now the intersection of Main Street (U.S. Highway 441) and Alabama Avenue.The settlers in the vicinity of "The Lodge" were largely isolated during the Civil War, but the area rebounded once peace was re-established, and a population boom followed the construction of railroad lines through the region.[10] In 1882, the one mile in each direction of "The Lodge" or "Fudge Hall" was officially incorporated under the name "Town of Apopka City".Councilman A.M. Starbird was appointed its manager, but it was not until voters approved a $9,000 bond in 1914 that he was able to contract with International Harvester Corporation to construct a power plant; as such, electricity was not available in the city until February 10, 1915.On April 8, 2014, Apopka City Commissioner Joe Kilsheimer won the election[14] to succeed John H. Land as mayor.[15] The 2018 primary for mayor resulted in a landslide win for Bryan Nelson with 63.40% (4,103) of the vote to Kilsheimer's 36.6% (2,369).[22] Expansion of the expressway, including an extension of Toll 414, known as Wekiva Parkway, created a junction at US 441 and Plymouth Sorrento Road.Master plans take the Wekiva Parkway extension further north and then east connecting to Interstate 4 at Sanford.[32] Apopka is referenced in Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.Apopka takes place in and is prominently featured in Johannes Grenzfurthner's horror drama Masking Threshold that premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2021.
CountryUnited StatesFloridaCountyOrangeIncorporated(Town of Apopka City)Incorporated(City of Apopka)Mayor–CommissionBryan NelsonCommissionersCity ClerkDemonymTime zoneUTC−5UTC−4ZIP codesArea codes407, 689FIPS codeOrange County, Florida2020 censusOrlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical AreagreenhouseAcueraTimucuaAlabamaGeorgiaSeminoleWild CatSecond Seminole WarArmed Occupation ActMasonic lodgeU.S. Highway 441Civil WarInternational HarvesterFlorida Power CorporationU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesMuseum of the ApopkansApopka Seaboard Air Line Railway DepotWaite-Davis HouseMitchell-Tibbetts HouseRyan & Company Lumber YardCarroll Building (Apopka, Florida)West Orange TrailJohn H. LandApopka Police DepartmentOrange County Sheriff's DepartmentUS 441John Land Apopka ExpresswayToll 414SR 429Interstate 4SanfordDisney attractionsDowntown OrlandoUnited States Census BureauKöppen climate classificationhumid subtropical climateprecipitationBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanAlaska NativePacific IslanderNative HawaiianSome other raceTwo or more races/MultiracialHispanic or Latino2020 United States census2010 United States censuscensusAfrican Americanother racesHispanicLatinomarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineForest Lake AcademySeventh-day AdventistOrange County Public SchoolsApopka High SchoolWekiva High SchoolInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesGolf Academy of AmericaFireball RobertsWayne Taylor24 Hours of DaytonaRay GoolsbyZack GreinkeJoel Berry IIUniversity of North CarolinaJoe ChealeyGlenn HubbardBryan RicheyTennessee House of RepresentativesBrad LinaweaverSteve BaylarkRogers BeckettSan Diego ChargersCincinnati BengalsAlan GendreauMiddle Tennessee StateBrandon MeriweatherJalen CarterPhiladelphia EaglesWarren SappSammie SmithMiami DolphinsDenver BroncosRenardo GreenCornerbackSan Francisco 49ersJustin McGrathSuper Smash Bros. MeleeMichael LarsonPress Your LuckRichard BorgScott StappJohn AndersonSawyer BrownJonathan CainJourneyJerry LawsonThe PersuasionsPat TraversChristy Martin