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Name | Thousand Apples | ||||
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Population | 8,293 | ||||
Language(s) | English | ||||
Mayor | Ta'ia Moi | ||||
Location | Reefs | ||||
Nicknames | Vert Town | ||||
Thousand Apples is a small farming town that was founded in 1923 by Thomas Vert, a French-German Citizen of Reefs. Most of the population in Reefs and Thousand Apples is english. The city became a large producer of crops when Vert tried to farm here and discovered the soil was good for farming. The city grew to it's peak in 1943 when it has a total of 1,250 Citizens living in it. From the 80's until 2008 Larry Washington founder of the Working Families Party was mayor of the town. He helped struggling farmers and opened farmer owner farmer markets.
Culture[]
The town has always been rich in farming escpcially Apples. In 1925 the town started planting Thomas Vert's Favortie fruit Apples. Soon after Vert said jokingly all apples must be "Vert Apples" or "Green Apples". The town holds Appelfest at the Market Place every October which also serves as a Oktoberfest. There local farmers make Apple cider, Alcohalic Apple Cider, Apple Pie, and of cousre apples. Farmer's Markets are held every Saturday.
Demographic[]
Most of Thousand Apples's residents are Christian, about 89%.
In 2010 the town took a census and found out exactly 1,000 people live in the town.
- German-Harvian - 2,460
- Dutch-Harvian - 2,209
- English-Harvian - 1,112
- Samoan - 1,111
- Tongan - 774
- Irish-Harvian - 530
- American - 94
Politics[]
The postion of Mayor was adopted in the town in 1970 after almost 60 years. In the begining Vert was honaryary leader. There is a local party here called the Vert Party which is center Left and stands for the improvement of Farmers Lives. In the 1980's the Working Families Party was founded by mayor Larry Washington and still a major party today. The Term of the Mayor is two years.
List of Mayors[]
- 1970 - 1977 - Kenny Jackson of Vert Party (died In fourth Term)
- 1977 - 1980 - George Vert of Vert Party (Great Grandson of Thomas Vert)
- 1980 - 2008 - Larry Washington of Working Families Party (Founder of WFP, longest term ever as Mayor)
- 2008 - Present - Ta'ia Moi of Working Families Party (first samoan Mayor of thousand Apples)
Town Map[]
Limburg Farm | Thousand Apples Elementary 1A Green Street |
*1 | Skye Farm 2 Green Street |
Red Farm 4 Apple Av. |
Apple Farm 6 Apple Av. |
Apples and Cider 8B Apple Av. | |||
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Roll Farm 2 Apple Av. |
Apples and More 8A Apple Av. | ||||||||
Apple Avenue | |||||||||
Cameron Farm 2B Garden Drive |
Noble Farm 4 Garden Drive |
Marcus Villanova 1 Apple Av. |
Market Place | *2 | Washington Grounds Park 5 Apple Av. |
FOR SALE 7A Naranja Av. | |||
Cao Farm 2A Garden Drive |
FOR SALE 1 European Street |
FOR SALE 7B Apple Av. | |||||||
Villanova Gardens Park 6 Garden Drive |
Villanova Farm 8 Garden Drive |
WFP Headquarters 10 Garden Drive |
Vert Party Headquarters 12 Garden Drive | ||||||
Garden Drive | |||||||||
Mio Farm 1 Garden Drive |
Koshka Farm 3 Garden Drive |
FOR SALE 5 Garden Drive |
City Hall 7 Garden Drive |
FOR SALE 9 Garden Drive |
Arendal Farm 11 Garden Drive | ||||
Simon Vase-Sheraldin 4 Green Street |
FOR SALE 4 European Street | ||||||||
Apples Street | |||||||||
Vert Farms | |||||||||
Thousand Apples Bay
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- *1 - Green Street
- *2 - European Street
Geography of the Harvian Islands |
Districts: Leeward and Princeton - Maritima - Northern - Reefs |
Towns: East-Leeburg - Little Harbor - Port Philip - Stamadri - Thousand Apples - Trinity - West Rock - Westville - List |
Neighborhoods: Port Philip: Dales - Downtown - Harves Hill - Jules Creek - Leeward Town - Montville - Old River - Orange Gardens - Park Square - Philip's Docks - Plains - Port George - PPIA - Rail Village - Waterside - Trinity: Astria - Old Town - West Rock: Franklin - New Winchester - Tony Beach - Howard's Farms |
Islands: All Saints Island - Bridge Island - Georgetown Island - Lower Island - Lion Island - Midland Island - Peaceful Island - Princeton Island - Southern Island - Washington Island |