Apalachin

History

The first White settler arrived , but the community was not founded until 1836. On November 14, 1957, the Apalachin Meeting was held by the heads of the American Mafia at the home of Joseph Barbara, an Apalachin resident. This was a conference of mobsters who had gathered to iron out various issues in the underworld. The gathering was quickly broken up when a curious New York State trooper turned up and spotted expensive cars at the home. Other police officers quickly arrived to arrest those attending the conference, and sent some of the most powerful gangsters in the country fleeing through the surrounding countryside. Mafiosi and the FBI sometimes just refer to the meeting as "Apalachin". This meeting was humorously portrayed in the opening sequence of the 1999 motion picture Analyze This, which starred Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. This meeting was also depicted in the 1972 film The Valachi Papers as well as the 2019 film Mob Town. From 1960, until it was cancelled in 2016, the annual Apalachin Firemen's Field Days, was hosted by Apalachin, a four-day carnival, generally held in the first week of June. The event had grown from a small event in a field to one held at a permanent location with large pavilions (still called the beer and food tents by locals) and a large square of game booths that surround 15-20 carnival rides. Events included the Little Miss Apalachin contest, fireworks and a large parade. Riverside Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Geography

Apalachin is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the region has a total area of , all land. The community is on the south side of the Susquehanna River. Apalachin is adjacent to Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York).

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  10,719
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,356
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  10,346
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,209
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  9,266
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  7,815
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,690
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  7,528

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2025-06-10
  10 km NW of Forksville, Pennsylvania