UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
                                
                                
                                
                            FORM 8-K
                                
                                
                                
                         CURRENT REPORT
                                
                                
                                
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                
                                
                          May 29, 1998
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                                
                                
             MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
       (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
                                
                                
                                
        TENNESSEE               1-12762                 62-1543819
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
                                                   Identification Number)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                  6584 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 340
                    MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38138
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                                
                                
                                
                         (901) 682-6600
       Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
     (Former name or address, if changed since last report)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
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Item 5.  Other events.
Following  notification  of  the New  York  Stock  Exchange,  the
following press release was announced on June 3, 1998.

MEMPHIS,  TN:  June 3, 1998.  Mid-America Apartment  Communities,
Inc.  (NYSE:MAA)  announced today the purchase  of  the  220-unit
Georgetown Grove Apartments in Savannah, Georgia.  Built in 1997,
the  property was purchased for $12,800,000 ($58,182 per unit and
$57  per sq. ft.) from LandSouth.  This transaction involved  the
assumption of a HUD 221(d)4 loan in the amount of $10,530,000  at
8.25%  interest  rate with the balance paid in cash.   Georgetown
Grove is a new property and has been well received in the upscale
Georgetown submarket of Savannah.

For  further  information,  contact  Simon  R.  C.  Wadsworth  at
(901)682 6668, ext 104.
6584  Poplar  Ave., Suite 340, Memphis, TN  38138,  (901)682-6600
FAX: (901)682-6667.

                                
                                


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                           SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of  the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                            MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.



Date:    June 12, 1998           /s/ Simon R. C. Wadsworth
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                                 Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                                 Executive Vice President
                                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



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