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Apopka is a city in Orange County, Florida. The city's population was 54,873 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Apopka comes from Seminole word Ahapopka for "potato-eating place". [7] Apopka is referred to as the "Indoor Foliage Capital of the World" [8] due to the many greenhouse ...
Description: This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Orange County, Florida, highlighting Apopka in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
Wekiwa Springs State Park is a 7,000-acre (28 km 2) Florida State Park in Apopka, Florida. It is located 20 minutes north of Orlando, off Interstate 4 at exit 94, near Altamonte Springs and Longwood. The park also contains the head water of the Wekiva River.
South Apopka is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. Per the 2020 census , the population was 6,803. [ 5 ] It is part of the Orlando – Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Lake Apopka is the fourth largest lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [1] It is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Orlando , mostly within the bounds of Orange County , although the western part is in Lake County .
Orlando Apopka Airport covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) at an elevation of 150 feet (46 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 15/33 which measures 3,987 by 60 feet (1,215 x 18 m). [1] [4] Runway 15 has a displaced threshold of 943 feet, leaving an available landing distance for that runway of 3,044 feet. [4]
The Apopka Police Department (APD) is the law enforcement agency for the City of Apopka, Florida. It has 150 sworn officers. [2] The APD has jurisdiction over incorporated parts of the city. Unincorporated parts of the city are served by the Orange County Sheriff's Department. In 2023, the Police Department was allocated US$23.6 million. [3]
Phyllis Wheatley High School, previously Apopka Colored School was a school for Black children in Apopka, Florida prior to desegregation of the public schools. It is now an elementary school. It is now an elementary school.