Apex, which is a suburb of Raleigh, is located in Wake County in North Carolina, with the town motto of The Peak of Good Living. The town had an estimated population of nearly 32,000 residents as of 2007.
Incorporated in 1873, Apex was so named because of its distinction as the highest point located on the Chatham Railroad between Jacksonville, Florida and Richmond, Virginia. Population growth was slow but steady in Apex for the first several decades. After experiencing a devastating fire in 1912, the town was rebuilt and is now one of the most complete railroad towns throughout the entire state.
During the Depression, the town experienced some more minor setbacks. By the 1950s, however, the town really began to grow. This was largely due to the proximity of the town to North Carolinas Research Triangle Park.
Despite the major boom in population growth, Apex managed to maintain its small-town feel. When the population boomed to almost four times its original population in the 1990s, however, the towns infrastructure was stressed greatly. The town managed to keep up and by July of 2007 it was listed in CNN/Money magazine as one of the top 100 small...
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