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Thousand Apples is a small farming town founded in 1923 by Thomas Vert a French-German Citizen of Reefs. Most of the poulation in Reefs and Thousand Apples isn't Samoan or Tongan. 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
Alot of the demographic in the town is chirstian, 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

 * *1 - Green Street
 * *2 - European Street