Alapaha, GA

Alapaha is a town in Berrien County, Georgia, United States, along the Alapaha River. The 2020 census counted 481 residents. Alapaha developed from a trade settlement on the site of a Seminole village with the same name. The present-day Georgia town of Lakeland was originally named "Alapaha" and existed before the town that now bears the name. Alapaha's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Georgia setting. The local scoop is how Alapaha's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year.