Appling, Georgia

Geography

Appling is located at .

Appling lies along U.S. Route 221 (Appling-Harlem Road) and is traversed by (Great) Kiokee Creek.

History

Main article: Columbia County, Georgia#History

Appling was known as Columbia Courthouse when it received its original town charter in 1816. The town was renamed for local resident Colonel Daniel Appling, a decorated soldier in the War of 1812, after he died in 1817.

In the early 19th century, Appling was the political, educational, social, and religious center of Columbia County and home to nearby schools Carmel Academy and Columbia Institute. Carmel Academy was founded by the famous Southern educator Moses Waddel and attended by John C. Calhoun and William H. Crawford. Columbia Institute was founded by Connecticut-born David Bushnell, inventor of the first naval wartime submarine, who moved to the area after serving in the American Revolutionary War.

In the 1830s, when the Georgia Railroad was established, it was decided that having a train pass through Appling would disturb the proceedings of the court, so the railway from Atlanta to Augusta was built to the south of Appling.

In 1855, the courthouse in Appling received a major overhaul, and after the remodeling was complete in 1856, the building was in more or less its present form, a vernacular structure with Greek Revival and Italianate influences. Despite the extensive project, the shell of the 1809–1812 building was retained and the structure has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.

Appling was nearly destroyed by a tornado in the 1870s, and it never regained the prestige it had prior to the tornado and the Civil War. Although there was an effort to organize the municipality in the early 20th century, the corporation remained inactive. Appling lost its charter in 1995.

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Appling has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Appling was 107 F on July 1, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded was -4 F on January 21, 1985.

|Jan record high F = 81 |Feb record high F = 83 |Mar record high F = 88 |Apr record high F = 93 |May record high F = 100 |Jun record high F = 105 |Jul record high F = 107 |Aug record high F = 105 |Sep record high F = 102 |Oct record high F = 99 |Nov record high F = 90 |Dec record high F = 80

|Jan avg record high F = 72.0 |Feb avg record high F = 75.3 |Mar avg record high F = 82.0 |Apr avg record high F = 86.1 |May avg record high F = 90.8 |Jun avg record high F = 95.2 |Jul avg record high F = 97.6 |Aug avg record high F = 96.6 |Sep avg record high F = 92.9 |Oct avg record high F = 86.1 |Nov avg record high F = 79.5 |Dec avg record high F = 73.3 |year avg record high F = 98.7

|Jan avg record low F = 16.8 |Feb avg record low F = 20.7 |Mar avg record low F = 24.5 |Apr avg record low F = 33.3 |May avg record low F = 44.1 |Jun avg record low F = 56.7 |Jul avg record low F = 62.1 |Aug avg record low F = 60.2 |Sep avg record low F = 49.6 |Oct avg record low F = 34.1 |Nov avg record low F = 25.2 |Dec avg record low F = 20.2 |year avg record low F = 14.8

|Jan record low F = -4 |Feb record low F = 6 |Mar record low F = 6 |Apr record low F = 22 |May record low F = 32 |Jun record low F = 40 |Jul record low F = 52 |Aug record low F = 52 |Sep record low F = 32 |Oct record low F = 25 |Nov record low F = 13 |Dec record low F = 1

|access-date = August 23, 2023 |access-date = August 23, 2023

Demographics

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Appling was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 658 people, 311 households, and 145 families residing in the CDP.

Notes

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