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Fort Myers
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city and county seat of Lee County, Florida, United States
Fort Myers is a city in southwestern Florida that serves as the main government center for Lee County. It's located on Florida's Gulf Coast and functions as an important regional hub for the area.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Part of
- Southwest Florida
- Official name
- Fort Myers
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lee County
- Population
- 86395
- Area
- 126.849766
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Capital of
- Lee County
- Official website
- www.cityftmyers.com
- Image
- Fort Myers FL Downtown HD 1933 crths pano01.jpg
- Households
- 31598
- Dialing code
- 239
Show 10 more facts
- postal code
- 33994
- Commons category
- Fort Myers, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Fort Myers, Florida
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Fort Myers, Florida
- inception
- 1886-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fort Myers, Florida
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Fort Myers, Florida
- P8168
- Kay
- water as percent of area
- 18.4158
- per capita income
- 32233
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,395; it was estimated to have grown to 95,949 in 2022, making it the 25th-most populous city in Florida. Together with the larger and more residential city of Cape Coral, it anchors the Cape Coral–Fort Myers metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Lee County and has a population of 834,573 as of 2023.
Fort Myers is a gateway to the Southwest Florida region and a major tourist destination within the state. The winter estates of Thomas Edison ("Seminole Lodge") and Henry Ford ("The Mangoes") are major attractions. The city takes its name from a local former fort that was built during the Seminole Wars. The fort in turn took its name from Colonel Abraham Myers in 1850; Myers served in the United States Army, mostly the Quartermaster Department, in various posts from 1833 to 1861 and was the quartermaster general of the Confederate States Army from 1861 to 1864.
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