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
                                
                                
                        February 5, 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)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                           
                                
Item 5.  Other events.
Following  notification  of  the New  York  Stock  Exchange,  the
following  press releases were released to the press on  February
10, 1998 and February 17, 1998.

MEMPHIS,   TN:   February   10,  1998.    Mid-America   Apartment
Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA) announced the purchase  on  February
5th  of  the 240 unit Walden Run Apartments in McDonough, Georgia
from  McDonough Partners LLC.   Built in 1997, the  property  was
purchased for $13,420,000 in an all cash transaction.  Walden Run
is  located in Henry County, one of the fastest growing  counties
in  the country.  Funding was  provided by the Company's line  of
credit.

The  property  is expected to be fully leased by April  1,  1998.
The  average rental rates are $695 per month.

MAA now owns 32,358 apartment units in 13 states, including 1,650
under development.

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.




MEMPHIS,   TN:   February   17,   1998.   Mid-America   Apartment
Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA) announced the resignation of Michael
B.  Yanney, Chairman and CEO of America First Co. LLC,  from  its
Board of Directors, effective February 11, 1998.  Mr. Yanney, who
was  recently appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Omaha  Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Governors
of  the  Joslyn  Art  Museum, Omaha, NE, cited  ongoing  business
demands   and   the   time  constraints   of   these   additional
responsibilities   as   his   reason  for   leaving   Mid-America
Apartments.  Board member, O. Mason Hawkins will chair  a  search
committee,  composed of Mid-America's independent  directors,  to
fill  the  unexpired term of Mr. Yanney with another  independent
director.

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.
                                
                                

                                
                                




                           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: February 19, 1998     /s/ Simon R.C. Wadsworth
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                            Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Executive Vice President
                            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)