Apison, Tennessee
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| Apison, Tennessee | |
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| — Unincorporated community — | |
 Apison, Tennessee
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| Coordinates: 35°01′26″N 85°01′26″W / 35.02389°N 85.02389°WCoordinates: 35°01′26″N 85°01′26″W / 35.02389°N 85.02389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Hamilton |
| Elevation | 860 ft (262 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 37302 |
| Area code(s) | 423 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1275817 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Apison, Tennessee | |
Apison is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It is a rural area east of the city of Chattanooga, and also borders Ooltewah, Collegedale, and rural parts of north Georgia to the south. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Apison is 15 miles from Enterprise South Industrial Park, [1] the location of Volkswagen North America.
On April 27, 2011, a tornado that was part of the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak killed 8 people in Apison.[2][3]
[edit] Popular culture
Apison was depicted in the X-Files episode "The Field Where I Died."[4]
[edit] Education
Apison has an elementary school[5] as well as East Hamilton Middle/High School.
[edit] References
- ^ Enterprise South Industrial Park Homepage, [1]
- ^ "Tennessee death toll from storms rises to 33," WRCB TV (AP), April 28, 2011.
- ^ Collins Parker, Tornadoes 2011: Path of Destruction: The Apison Tornado," WDEF-TV May 12, 2011.
- ^ "X-Files Episode Locations in Tennessee". The X-Files Mapping Project. http://www.baymoon.com/~xfmaps/tn.html. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ Apison Elementary School Homepage, [2]
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