Everything about Apalachicola Florida totally explained
» This article is about a city in Florida. For other uses of the term, see Apalachicola (disambiguation).
Apalachicola is a city in
Franklin County,
Florida on
US 98 about 80 miles southwest of
Tallahassee. The population was 2,334 at the 2000 census. The 2005 census estimates gave the city at 2,340.
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county seat of
Franklin County.
Name
"Apalachicola" comes from the
Apalachicola tribe and is a combination of
Hitchiti Indian words "apalahchi," meaning "on the other side," and "okli," meaning "people". In original reference to the settlement, it probably meant "people on the other side of the river."
(External Link)(External Link) Many inhabitants of Apalachicola, however, choose to translate the name of their town as "land of the friendly people."
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History
A trading post called Cottonton was located on the current site of Apalachicola. In 1827, the town was incorporated as
West Point. Apalachicola received its current name in 1831, by an Act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida.
Before the development of railways in the Gulf states, Apalachicola was the third busiest port in the Gulf of Mexico (behind
New Orleans and
Mobile). In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the
sponge trade, led by Greek immigrants, was a major industry in the town. Apalachicola is still the home port for a variety of seafood workers, including
oyster harvesters and
shrimpers. More than 90% of Florida's oyster production is harvested from Apalachicola Bay. Every year the town hosts the
Florida Seafood Festival. The bay is well protected by
St. Vincent Island, Flag, Sand,
St. George Island, and
Cape St. George Island.
Trinity
Episcopal Church was incorporated by an Act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of
Florida on Feb 11, 1837. The building was one of the earliest prefabricated buildings in America. The framework was shipped by schooner from New York and assembled in Apalachicola with wooden pegs.
Botanist
Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1809-1899) settled in Apalachicola in 1846. In 1860, he published his major work,
Flora of the Southern United States. The local elementary school is named in his honor.
In
1849, Apalachicola physician Dr.
John Gorrie (1802-1855) discovered the cold-air process of refrigeration and patented an ice-machine in
1850, as the result of experiments to lower the temperatures of fever patients, laying the groundwork for modern refrigeration and air-conditioning. The city has a monument to him, and a replica of his ice machine is on display in the John Gorrie Museum.
The
AN Railway, formerly the
Apalachicola Northern Railroad, serves the city.
Geography and Climate
Apalachicola is located in the northwest part of the state, at (29.725203, -84.992534), on Apalachicola Bay and at the mouth of the Apalachicola river.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.9
km² (2.7
mi²). 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²) of it's land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (29.32%) is water.
| Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures |
| Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| Rec High °F | 79 |
80 |
85 |
90 |
98 |
101 |
102 |
99 |
96 |
93 |
87 |
82
|
| Norm High °F | 62.4 |
64.8 |
69.9 |
76 |
83 |
88.3 |
89.8 |
89.4 |
87 |
79.9 |
72 |
65
|
| Norm Low °F | 43 |
45.8 |
51.4 |
57.6 |
65.1 |
71.6 |
73.9 |
74 |
71.2 |
60.5 |
52 |
45.3
|
| Rec Low °F | 9 |
21 |
22 |
36 |
47 |
48 |
63 |
62 |
50 |
37 |
24 |
13
|
| Precip (in) | 4.87 |
3.76 |
4.95 |
3 |
2.62 |
4.3 |
7.31 |
7.29 |
7.1 |
4.18 |
3.62 |
3.51
|
| Source: USTravelWeather.com (External Link) |
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 2,334 people, 1,006 households, and 608 families residing in the city. The
population density was 479.3/km² (1,242.1/mi²). There were 1,207 housing units at an average density of 247.9/km² (642.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 63.41%
White, 34.92%
African American, 0.17%
Native American, 0.39%
Asian, 0.47% from
other races, and 0.64% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.67% of the population.
There were 1,006 households out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were
married couples living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,073, and the median income for a family was $28,464. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $18,750 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $12,227. About 19.9% of families and 25.3% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 32.4% of those under age 18 and 15.0% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Apalachicola is a part of the Franklin County School District system . Residents are zoned to Chapman Elementary School and Apalachicola High School. Apalachicola Bay
Charter School is also located in Apalachicola.
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