Appleby, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75965. The Survey maps it on the Appleby quadrangle. 552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
On record in Appleby
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Mangham-McIlwain Buildinglisted 2019 · 0.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresAppleby grew from 474 to 552 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 474 | |
| 2020 | 552 | +78 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1952 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Appleby quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Appleby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 918 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 524 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 133 |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Appleby in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Appleby | $75,000 | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down about 1.5 miles southeast of Appleby along County Road 260, where large tree branches were snapped. A path of minor tree damage continued as the tornado tracked to the northwest across the intersection of Appleby Sand Road and Cedar Bluff Road. As the tornado crossed Burt Drive between Village Drive and FM 941, the extent of tree damage increased, where multiple hardwood and softwood trees were snapped. Once the tornado crossed Highway 59 just southwest of Appleby, it appeared to had lifted briefly before touching back down on County Road 112 just west of FM 2864 where more trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then crossed CR 116 where it caused significant damage to very large trees, before tracking across the corner of CR 117 and CR 118 where it tore the roof off of a single family home, with additional damage noted to other nearby homes. Additional tree damage occurred as the tornado crossed CR 915 and Highway 204, before lifting near CR 814. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Appleby | $5,000 | A brief touchdown was reported, damaging a portable building and blowing down some trees. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Appleby | $3,000 | Damage to vehicles. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Appleby | - | Rushing water covered CR 2041 just south of Appleby. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Tree downed in Appleby. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Trees and power lines downed on County Road 2041. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Tree downed on Stoddard Drive. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Appleby | - | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down about 8 miles to the north northeast of Nacogdoches near the Appleby community. Damage to trees was seen along FM Road 2864 along and north of County Road 106 where large trees were either uprooted or snapped at their trunks. From there, the tornado tracked to the northeast where additional damage was found near County Road 125 and County Road 127 just north of US Highway 59. The tornado caused some additional tree damage off Hidden Valley Drive just to the south and east of US Highway 59 before lifting shortly thereafter. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Observation recorded 60 mph wind gust at remote automatic weather station (RAWS) just north of Nacogdoches. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Appleby | - | Penny size hail fell in the Appleby community. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | A large tree was blown down on CR 2041 near Appleby. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Power lines were blown down on County Road 2041 near Appleby. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Trees were blown down on homes on County Road 199 near Appleby. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Trees were blown down on County Road 2011 near Rolling Hills in Appleby. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | A tree was blown onto a power line in the 9000 block of County Road 2609 in Appleby. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Numerous trees were downed across Nacogdoches County. Trees down on Burt Drive. Trees and power lines were downed on County Road 967. Trees and power lines down on County Road 2081, multiple trees down on County Road 2011, trees and power lines down on County Road 199, trees and power lines down on FM 2609, structural damage on County Road 199, structures damaged and trees down in the 600 block of Happyland Road. Chicken houses and a shop was damaged nearby as well. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Appleby | - | Nickel size hail fell in the Appleby community. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Several large trees were blown down on Appleby Sands Road between CR 2041 and CR 224 in Appleby. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleby | - | Several trees were downed along Appleby Sand Road. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Appleby | - | Quarter size hail fell near the Appleby community. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Appleby | - | Local Mesonet station measured 8.24 inches of rainfall between 9 am on 29th of September and 403 am on the 30th of September with rain still falling at observation time. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Appleby | - | Hail fell near the community of Appleby, Texas. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Appleby | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Appleby | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Appleby | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| North Redland | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Central Heights | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mahl | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Redfield | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pisgah | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bonita Junction | 5.6 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Appleby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980124 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351226. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






