Apica

Apica was a town in the domain of Coosa, a powerful chiefdom of the southern Appalachian valleys. Its communities occupied fertile river bottoms among wooded ridges, linked to a principal town on the Coosawattee River. In 1540 Hernando de Soto travelled south through Coosa's territory, passing a town that may have been Apica. Two decades later the narratives of Tristán de Luna's expedition also named Apica among the settlements of the region.