Apopkan History

10/22/2026

Apopka mourns home town country music singer John Anderson. People here grew up and attended school with him.

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With great sadness, we announce the passing of John Anderson, a true Apopka legend.🤍

John was more than a name in our community, he was part of what makes Central Florida so special. His memory and the impact he made on country music will live on forever.

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09/08/2026

What Labor Day tradition occurred in the Apopka Colored Cemetery until after it deeded the property to the City of Apopka?

If you have William Gladden’s ‘The Pennings of Perrine Slim: Stories of Northwest Orange County, Florida’.

Who is old enough to have participated?

09/04/2026

You missed the party. Some highlights.

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09/02/2026

Original charter of the Town of Apopka City signed 2 September 1882.

09/02/2026

Proclamation of the 144th Anniversary of the Charter of Town of Apopka City by Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings.

City of Apopka

08/31/2026

What percentage of Apopka’s history have you lived during?
How many generations of your family were here before the charter of Apopka?
Sound off.

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08/30/2026

Cute.
Wonder where the long timers are?

08/06/2026

Exciting news about the Plymouth school building considered for the National Registry.

https://theapopkachief.com/former-plymouth-elementary-proposed-for-national-register-listing

National Register Review Board to review property on Aug. 12.

08/05/2026

We have many beautiful headstones in our area cemeteries. Here are interesting explanations for the symbology from 250 years ago around the period of the Revolutionary War.

The war had the highest death percentage of all US wars.

07/04/2026

Were you aware that three signers of the Declaration of Independence were once imprisoned in British East Florida?

St. Augustine holds hidden Revolutionary War history - discover where three Declaration of Independence signers were held prisoner.