Apison is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Hamilton County,

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, United States. It is a rural area east of the city of

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, and it is near Ooltewah, Collegedale, and north Georgia to the south. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,428. Apison is fifteen miles from Enterprise South Industrial Park, the location of Volkswagen North America.

History

In 1881 the railroad came through a small settlement, now known as Apison, that had previously had its mail delivered by horse and buggy. The town then was known as O'Brian that was assigned by the railroad officials. The name was later changed because of another Tennessee town already having the same name. Due to the large deposits of Apison shale rock found along the railroad tracks, the town was renamed to its current name. In 2001, the old Apison Elementary School was turned into a Tres Dias retreat center.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,428 people, 987 households, and 803 families residing in the CDP.

Popular culture

Apison was depicted in the '' X-Files'' episode "The Field Where I Died."

Education

Apison Elementary SchoolApison Elementary School web site
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References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Census-designated places in Hamilton County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Hamilton County, Tennessee