Apalachee

In 1896 the Apalachee section of the Central of Georgia Railroad was completed. Up until this point the Apalachee community was known as Florence. Due to the fact that a Florence, Georgia already existed, the community changed the name to Apalachee and was incorporated in 1907. The Apalachee community boasted a number of retail stores, two churches, a school, a depot, a cotton gin, several cotton seed houses, a flour mill, a planning mill, as well as other agricultural related industries.

At one point and time Apalachee was a thriving community. Years of hardship due to the boll weevil and the depression caused the bustling community to decline and it eventually lost its incorporation. Although no longer incorporated the Apalachee community still has a number of families that have kept and made Apalachee their home as well as a wide base of agricultural industries such as poultry farming, dairy farming, hay harvesting, and several others.

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The Depression - Ed Prior	Apalachee Churches - Ed Prior	Elizabeth Sturgis with grandchildren and great-grandchildren	Maud Sturgis Cocroft with grandparents and son
The Dummy Train - Earl Nunn	Marcus Pattillo with Jimmy Cocroft	James Aden Cocroft and Sanford Cocroft with daughters	Marcus Pattillo, Maud Sturgis and Emalyn Stephens

Memories of Apalachee

"The present Apalachee School building was built between August 4 and December 8, 1911, and was built by Mr. E. W. Knott at a cost of $2,590.00. The Board of Education sold the previous school building to Rev. G. B. Thrasher for $150.00."

The School Building at Apalachee by Marshall W. Williams, 1997

The Apalachee School building built in 1911 sat on two acres and had two classrooms, an auditorium which was also used as a classroom, cloak rooms and two toilets.

1915 Education Survey of Morgan County