Apopkan History

05/25/2026

Memorial Day 2026
Armed Forces Memorial Apopka in Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery
By VFW Post 10147, Scout Troop 211, and and Recreation City of Apopka

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05/22/2026

Time is advancing.
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05/20/2026

For many years we been have recognizing Florida’s Emancipation Day. It is in honor of the freedom of Florida former slaves.

Juneteenth was a day when an announcement reached Texas and misremembered as the end of slavery in the US. Many people were still encumbered in other states, including Delaware and Kentucky.

Knowing true history instead of lore is important. As Apopkans let’s remember Florida’s history.

A large number of Apopka’s ‘slaves’, including his children, were released on a night in 1863 by the edge of Rock Springs by William S Delk in opposition to supporting the Confederacy.

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Today, May 20, 2026, is Florida Emancipation Day. On this day in 1865, Emancipation was proclaimed in Tallahassee, 11 days after the end of the Civil War and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation first issued by President Abraham Lincoln declared freedom for enslaved people in Southern states. Florida Emancipation Day commemorates a pivotal moment in the state’s history.

05/15/2026

Constable Denson L Hudson was killed in the line of duty three months after the Apopka Police Department was formed. He was the first and only officer killed in the line of duty in the history of the department and the longest unsolved murder in Orange County, Florida.

A public memorial sign is at the intersection of Main Street and Forest Avenue just south of the location of the shooting. There is an internal memorial inside the police department lobby on 6th Street.

Say his name during this week to remember police officer memorial week.

04/17/2026

What did Ahapopka look like in 1836?
Nothing but long leaf pines and live oaks. It was barren.
It straddled the reservation of the First Nations' Georgia and Alabama people called Seminoles and the Florida Territory County of Mosquito.

See the lake on the diagonal line going through the image. Detailed maps of two major cities in Florida at the time are included.

The reservation in this map was created from the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek.

Florida was a US Territory from 1821-1845.

Tanner's Universal Atlas Florida map 1836 p 14, Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida

04/01/2026

Prayers! Too close to home! Keep your hands on your children.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a traffic accident near Robinson Avenue and 13th Street in Apopka. Two people were injured, including a minor who was reportedly run over. Multiple rescue units were dispatched to the scene.

03/29/2026

It is National Vietnam War Veterans Day. We honor those Apopkans who served in Vietnam and returned home. Thank you for your service and the sacrifice you made and still make for us.

You are appreciated. Please add your photograph.

03/18/2026

Constable Denson Lee Hudson died 18 March 1941 following an incident at the Standard Oil office at 311 South Forest Ave in Apopka.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hudson-17319

His sign hangs at the SW corner of Forest Avenue and Main Street dedicating Forest Avenue to Mr Hudson just south of the building where he was shot. One daughter, Glennie, lived to witness this honor. DrO presented her with an identical sign.

03/02/2026

Election History March 2016 Commissioner Races

Sam Ruth was within 463 votes of Doug Bankson.
Kyle Becker was under Bill Anderson by 860 votes.

A month later 537 made the difference for Bankson, that is all. Every vote counts.
That month Becker gained momentum winning by 483 votes in the runoff.

There were only 27,646 registered voters in Apopka with 17.83% voting.

02/10/2026

Several decades ago, Apopkans had to travel to Amelia Island just to go the beach.

Here some history of the beach. Several of you have mentioned going there back then.

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