Appling, Georgia

Appling is located at 33°32′45″N 82°18′57″W / 33.54583°N 82.31583°W / 33.54583; -82.31583.^[8]

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

Appling was known as Columbia Courthouse when it received its original town charter in 1816.^{[citation needed]} The town was renamed for local resident Colonel Daniel Appling, a decorated soldier in the War of 1812, after he died in 1817.^[9]

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.^{[citation needed]} Carmel Academy was founded by the famous Southern educator Moses Waddel and attended by John C. Calhoun and William H. Crawford.^[10][11] 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.^[12]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5] 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.^[13]

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.^{[citation needed]} Although there was an effort to organize the municipality in the early 20th century, the corporation remained inactive.^[7] Appling lost its charter in 1995.^[5]

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 (41.7 °C) on July 1, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded was −4 °F (−20.0 °C) on January 21, 1985.^[14]

Appling was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.^[28]

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

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