Lee County is located in southwest Florida on the Gulf Coast. At the 2010 census, the population was 618,754. The county seat is Fort Myers (with an estimated population of 2016 of 77,146), and the largest city is Cape Coral with an estimated population of 2016 from 179,804. Lee County consists of Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Metropolitan Area of ​​Statistics FL.
Lee County was created in 1887 from Monroe County. Today, Fort Myers is a popular tourist area in Southwest Florida and Lee County center. It is about 120 miles (190 km) south of Tampa at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caloosahatchee River. Currently, Lee County is the spring house of the Boston Red Sox team and the Minnesota Twins MLB for spring training.
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Histori
Benteng didirikan (1850-an-1860-an)
After Florida became US territory in 1821, a number of settlers moved to Florida, causing conflict with local Seminole Indians. Fort Myers was built in 1850 as a military fortress to fend off the Seminole Indians during the Seminole War. The fort was named Colonel Abraham C. Myers, who was stationed in Florida for seven years and was the son-in-law of the founder and commander of the castle. In 1858, after years of elusive battles, Chief Billy Bowlegs and his warriors were persuaded to surrender and move west, and the castle was abandoned. Billy's Creek, which flows into the Caloosahatchee River, is named after a temporary tent where Billy Bowlegs and his men wait for the ship to take them west.
In 1863, the fort was inhabited by federal forces during the Civil War. In 1865, in the Battle of Fort Myers, the fort was attacked by a small group of Confederates. The Union Garrison, led by Captain James Doyle, managed to hold the castle and the Confederate army back. After the war, the fort was again deserted. The fort was later dismantled and some of the timber was donated for the construction of parts of downtown Fort Myers.
Initial settlement and growth (1860s-1920s)
The first settlers of Fort Myers arrived in 1866. In the 1870s, Tervio Padilla, a wealthy merchant from the Canary Islands, came through Key West to the Cayo Costa and built trade with indigenous people and "ranchos" that stretched north to Port Charlotte. His ships often make ports in Cayo Costa at the entrance to the harbor. Fascinated by the tropical island, he finally decided to settle there. Padilla prospered until the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, when his fleet was on fire and rushed. He then turned to another livelihood - fishing. When the government claims his land, he does not hesitate to set up another farm, so move with his wife further to the island and as before, just stay home. The Padilla family is one of the first pioneer families in Lee County and many still live in the area, especially around Pine Island.
In 1882, the city experienced a significant stream of settlers. In 1885, when Fort Myers was founded, its population of 349 inhabitants made it the second largest city just to Tampa on the western shore of southern Florida's Cedar Key, even bigger than Clearwater and Sarasota, as well as developing cities at the time.
The city of Fort Myers was founded in 1886. Lee County was created in 1887 from Monroe County. Named for Robert E. Lee, Confederate General in the American Civil War.
Fort Myers first became a nationally known winter resort with the opening of the Royal Palm Hotel in 1898, built by the king of his New York City store, Hugh O'Neill. Fort Myers is Thomas Edison's winter home, as well as Henry Ford.
The construction of the Tamiami Trail Bridge, built along the Caloosahatchee River in 1924, fueled the city's growth. After the construction of the bridge, the city experienced its first real estate boom and many subdivisions grew up around the city. In 1923, Collier and Hendry Counties were created by dividing these areas from Lee County. Modern growth (1940-present) h3>
After the end of World War II, Royal Palm Hotel was permanently closed, and in 1947, the hotels on the corner of First and Fowler were torn down.
Lee County has hosted several Major League Baseball teams for spring training over the last few decades. The district received a boost in 1983 when Southwest Florida Regional Airport (now known as West Florida International Airport) was opened.
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Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of ​​1,212 square miles (3,140 km 2 ), which is 785 square miles (2,030 km 2 )) and 428 square miles (1.110 km 2 ) (35.3%) is water. Rivers and rivers include the Caloosahatchee River, the Imperial River, the Estero River, Hendry Creek and the Orange River.
Lee County is on the southwest coast of Florida. It is about 125 miles (201 km) south of Tampa and 115 miles (185 km) west of Fort Lauderdale via Interstate 75; and approximately 125 miles (201 km) west-northwest of Miami via US Highway 41.
Nearby district
- Charlotte County (north)
- Glades County (northeast)
- Collier County (southeast)
- Hendry County (east)
National protected area
- Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Reserve
- J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
- Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge
- Pine Island National Wildlife Reserve
Island
Climate
Lee County has a seasonal warm climate influenced by the monsoon close to the boundary between tropical and subtropical climates (18 ° C (64 ° F) in the coldest month), so it is classified as humid subtropical climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Cfa ), which is the classification used by NOAA, or tropical savanna climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Aw ). Lee County has short, warm winters and long, hot, humid summers, with most of this year's rainfall from June to September. Temperature rarely rises up to 100Ã, Â ° F (38Ã, Â ° C) or lowers to a freezing mark. At 89, Lee County leads the nation in number of days each year where the storm is close enough for thunder to be heard. Daily daily average temperatures range from 64.2 Â ° F (17.9 Â ° C) in January to 83.4 Â ° F (28.6 Â ° C) in August, with the annual average being 75.1 ° F (23.9 ° C). Ã, Â ° C). Records range from 24Ã, Â ° F (-4Ã, Â ° C) on December 29, 1894 to 103Ã, Â ° F (39Ã, Â ° C) on June 16-17, 1981.
On August 13, 2004, the county was attacked by Typhoon Charley, a category 4 hurricane, particularly on the northwestern islands of Captiva, Gasparilla, and North Captiva. On September 10, 2017, Lee County was attacked by Hurricane Irma as Category 2 hurricane.
Demographics
Census 2010
US Census Bureau 2010 Ethnic/Demographic Race:
- White (non-Hispanic) (83.0% when including Hispanic White): 71.0%
(including 17% German, 13% Irish, 11% English, 8% Italian, 4% Polish, 3% French, 2% Scottish, 2% Scotch-Irish, and others) - Black (non-Hispanic) (8.3% when entering Hispanic Black): 7.7%
(2.5% Western India/Afro-Caribbean America [1.5% Haiti, 0.8% Jamaica, 0.1% Trinidadian, and Tobagonian]) - Hispanic or Latino of any race: 18.3%
(including 6% Mexico, 4% Puerto Rico, 3% Cuban, and others) - Asia: 1.4%
(including 0.3% Indian, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% China, and others) - Two or more races: 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Original: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Other Races: 4.9%
In 2010, 11.1% of the population considered themselves only "America" ​​(regardless of race or ethnicity).
Of 259,818 households, 22.35% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.97% were married couples living together, 10.26% had non-husbands female households, and 34.17% were not family. Approximately 26.69% of all households are individual, and 12.70% (4.15% male and 8.55% female) have a person who lives alone aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.81.
In this area, the population is distributed as 19.5% below the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% of aged 65 years or older. The median age was 45.6 years. For every 100 females, there are 96.3 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 94.4 men.
The average income for a county household is $ 50,014, and for the family is $ 58,950. Men have an average income of $ 41,619 versus $ 33,054 for women. The per capita income for that area is $ 29,445. Approximately 7.8% of families and 12.0% of the population are below the poverty line, including 18.7% of those under the age of 18 and 6.9% of those aged 65 years or older.
In 2010, 15.3% of the district population was born overseas, with 36.9% being naturalized American citizens. Of the foreign-born population, 70.6% were born in Latin America, 14.9% were born in Europe, 8.3% were born in Asia, 5.4% were born in North America, 0.7% were born in Africa, and 0, 2% were born in Oceania.
Language
In 2010, 78.99% of all residents spoke English as their first language, while 15.19% spoke Spanish, 1.28% French Creole (mostly Haitian Creole, 0.88% German, 0.59% Portuguese, and 0.55% of the population speak French as their mother tongue. In total, 21.01% of the population spoke languages ​​other than English as their primary language.
Economy
Lee County's stronger economic sector includes construction, retail, recreation, and hospitality. Hertz moved its headquarters from New Jersey to Estero in 2016, the first major company to move to Lee County. Lee County's biggest employers are:
Law enforcement and crime
Education
Some colleges in Lee County include: Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), Barry University, Nova Southeastern University, Florida SouthWestern State College, Cape Coral Technical University, Fort Myers Technical College, Hodges University, Keizer University, Southern Technical College and Rasmussen College.
FGCU is a state university located south of Southwest Florida International Airport in South Fort Myers. This university belongs to the Florida State University 12-campus system. FGCU competes at the Atlantic Atlantic Conference at NCAA Division I sports. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Colleges to collect partners, 51 types of undergraduate, 29 different masters, and six types of doctorate degrees.
Library
Lee County Library System has 13 branches. Cities in Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island, though located in Lee County, retain their own independent public library entities.
The Lee County Library System currently provides more than 294,000 Lee County residents with over 1.5 million items and materials available for use or protective circulation, as well as catalogs of online library materials, free wi-fi, public computer access, scanning and printing capabilities , and more protective facilities.
Politics
This area is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Francis Rooney, the 19th district, and by Tom Rooney, the 17th district.
Voter registration
Start 7/31/2017.
Transportation
Airport
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- Southwest Florida International Airport (IATA - RSW airport code), in South Fort Myers, serves more than 8.37 million passengers annually. Currently, the airport offers international non-stop flights to Cancun, Mexico; DÃÆ'¼sseldorf, Germany; Nassau, Bahamas; and Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto in Canada. In addition, nine airlines operate flights to 29 nonstop domestic destinations. On September 9, 2005, the airport opened a new terminal.
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- The Field Page (IATA - FMY airport code), also in South Fort Myers, just south of the incorporated border of Fort Myers City, is the county 's public aviation airport. Prior to the opening of Southwest Florida Regional Airport in 1983 (now Southwest Florida International Airport), Page Field was the county's commercial airport.
Seaports and sea transport
A small port operation continues in Boca Grande, which is used as a reference point for oil distribution. However, Port Boca Grande has declined over the years as the shipping industry has moved north, especially to the Tampa Harbor.
In addition, the private company operates a high speed fast passenger ferry service between Fort Myers Beach from San Carlos Island and Key West. Other ferry services are offered from Fort Myers to Key West
Main highway
Main road bridge
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- Caloosahatchee Bridge (US Highway 41): A 4-lane single-track bridge connects North Fort Myers to Fort Myers, above the Caloosahatchee River.
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- Tanjung Karang Bridge (Tanjung Coral Parkway Park): 4 single-lane bridge lanes (two to the east, two in the west) connect Cape Coral with Cypress Lake , above the Caloosahatchee River.
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- Edison Bridge (State Road 739): Two 3-way lanes (one direction north, one southbound) connect North Fort Myers with Fort Myers, over the Caloosahatchee River.
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- Interstate 75 : Two 4-lane lane (one to the north, one direction south) between State Road 78 ("Bayshore Road") and State Road 80 ("Palm Beach Boulevard ") stacking, above the Caloosahatchee River.
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- Matanzas Pass Bridge (State Road 865): Three-lane bridge along the journey through Hurricane Bay and Matanzas Skip the boundary set in Fort Myers Beach, connecting the mainland to the barrier islands.
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- Matlacha Bridge (State Road 78): single leafy bridge connecting Cape Coral to Matlacha and Pine Island
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- Central Point Memorial Bridge (State Road 884): A 4-lane single-track bridge connecting Cape Karang with Fort Myers, above the Caloosahatchee River.
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- Sanibel Causeway (State Road 867): a series of three single-lane single-lane bridges and two 3-lane island lanes across the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River in the Gulf of Mexico. The road connects Punta Rassa with Sanibel.
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- Wilson Pigott Bridge (State Road 31): 2 single-lane bridge between State Road 78 ("Bayshore Road") and State Road 80, above the Caloosahatchee River.
Bulk Transport
The fixed route bus service is provided by Lee County Transit Department, operated as "LeeTran". Several routes extend out from the Downtown Downtown Transfer Center; in addition, suburban-to-suburb routes are operated, as well as park-and-ride services to and from Fort Myers Beach and Southwest Florida International Airport.
Inter-City Intermodal Transfer Center in Fort Myers also serves as a secondary stop at the Greyhound Lines bus service.
Media
Newspapers
Surat kabar termasuk The News-Press, Florida Weekly , dan Naples Daily News .
Radio
Arbitron standard radio market: Ft Myers-Naples-Marco Island With a population of 783,100 listeners determined by Arbitron, the metropolitan area was ranked 62/299 for the fall of 2006. The metropolitan area is home to 32 radio stations.
Television
Nielsen Media Research menetapkan area pasar: Ft. Myers-Naples
Number of TV homes: 479,130
US Ranking 2006-2007: 64/210
- WBBH - an NBC affiliate
- WFTX - Fox affiliate
- WGCU - PBS member stations
- WINK - CBS affiliates
- WXCW - CW network affiliate
- WZVN - an ABC affiliate
- WNFM - MyNetworkTV
- WTPH - Azteca America
- WRXY - Christian TV Network affiliate
Sports
Fort Myers is home to the University of Florida Bay Beach. His team, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, played in the NCAA I Division at the Atlantic Atlantic Conference. The Eagles men's basketball team has an average attendance of 2,291 in 2013.
MLB spring training
The Boston Red Sox holds their annual spring training at JetBlue Park in the Fort Myers area. Cross-town rivalry has grown with the Minnesota Twins, who conducted their spring training at Hammond Stadium in south Lee County, which has a capacity of 7,500 and opened in 1991.
The Red Sox 'lease with Fort Myers runs through 2019, but the Red Sox are considering implementing an early exit in their contract which will allow them to leave after spring 2009. On October 28, 2008, Lee County's commission voted 3-1 to agree on the agreement with the Boston Red Sox to build a new spring training facility for the team in south Lee County. The new stadium, named JetBlue Park on Fenway South, is located near Daniels Parkway near Southwest Florida International Airport. The stadium opened in time for the 2012 season.
City of Palms Park was built in 1992 for Red Sox spring training. The former Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell is from Fort Myers, and was instrumental in taking his team to town for spring training. The deal for JetBlue Park leaves City of Palms Park without tenants. District officials have discussed the possibility of securing another team for City of Palms. Terry Park Ballfield (also known as the Park T. Pigott Memorial Stadium) at East Fort Myers is also currently not used by the Major League Baseball team, although it is the home of former Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Kansas City Royals.
Community
City
- Bonita Springs
- Cape Coral
- Fort Myers
- Sanibel
City
- Fort Myers Beach
Villages
- Estero
Place specified census
Other non-related communities
- Babcock Ranch
- Boca Grande
See also
- Warning list for Robert E. Lee
- List of Historic Historic Places of Interest in Lee County, Florida
- Southwest Florida
- Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce
References
- http://pineisland.info/index/surrounding-islands/cayo-costa/
- http://www.news-press.com/story/life/130-years/2014/11/12/capt-pappy-padilla/18897925/
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