Английская Википедия:Apalachee, Georgia
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Apalachee is an unincorporated settlement in Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1] Apalachee was one of the earliest settlements in Morgan County.[2] It stretches along Lower Apalachee and Parsonage Roads Шаблон:Convert north of the county seat of Madison.
History
The first settlers arrived in the Apalachee area around 1820, making it one of the oldest communities in Morgan County.[2] Apalachee was first known as Dogsboro (or Dogsborough[3]), a name of unknown origin, in the years before a railroad line was built through the settlement.[4]
In 1888, the Central of Georgia Railway opened a station in the settlement, which was followed by a post office[3] the following year.[5] The station was named Florence, for Florence Few, a daughter of Joe C. Few,[3] one of the first settlers in the area and builder of the town's first store.[4]
Due to the existence of another Florence in Georgia, the town adopted the name of Apalachee around 1896 from the name of the nearby Apalachee River,[3][4] which in turn was named for Apalachee Indians.[6]
By 1900, the community had 47 inhabitants.[7] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Apalachee as a town in August 1907.[3][4][8]
Apalachee was considered a "prosperous town" in the early 20th century,[4] with prosperity dependent on the transport of cotton.[3] At is peak, the town had cotton gins, cotton seed presses, warehouses, two churches, a pharmacy, a physician, a general store, a Masonic lodge and a broom and handkerchief factory.[3][4]
However, the town was hit hard by losses from the boll weevil and the Depression of 1929 and gradually declined in the latter part of the century.[3] The post office closed in 1957[5] and the town was officially dissolved in 1995[6] along with many other inactive Georgia municipalities. The railroad has been removed. Few buildings still exist today,[9] and most remaining structures are residences on the north side of Parsonage Road. The historic Apalachee School, the white elementary and middle school from 1911 to 1951,[3] remains standing.
References
Шаблон:MorganCountyGA-geo-stub
- ↑ Шаблон:GNIS
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,7 3,8 Apalachee School National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. 20 April 2000.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 Henry F. Saxon. "Prosperous Towns around Athens: Apalachee, Ga." The Weekly Banner. 29 July 1921. p. 1. Шаблон:OCLC
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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