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Welcome to Fort Myers ...The coastal city of Fort Myers is located in Lee County<1> and is the County Seat for Lee County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Myers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. A typical abbreviation for Fort Myers: Ft. Myers From the Census Estimates for 2019, Fort Myers has a population of 87,321 people<2> (see below for details). Fort Myers is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Fort Myers lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Fort Myers is located in the (239) area code. The ZIP codes for Fort Myers: 33901-33902, 33905-33908, 33911-33913, 33916, 33919, 33965, 33994<4> Websites for Fort Myers ...Official Website: www.cityftmyers.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.fortmyers.org/ Junior League: www.jlfm.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fort Myers had an population of 87,321 people. This is an increase of 40.17% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 81.13% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Fort Myers had a population of 62,298 people (or 10.07% of the total population of Lee County). This makes Fort Myers the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Fort Myers represents 0.33% of the total population of Florida (which has 18,801,310 people), making it the state's 35th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 62,298 people, the population of Fort Myers increased 29.23% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 48,208 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Fort Myers. Communities near Fort Myers ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Myers.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fort Myers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Myers. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Myers. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Myers. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Myers. Our list includes 13 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Myers. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Myers ...Looking for more information about Fort Myers? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Fort Myers, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Myers. Adding Fort Myers to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fort Myers in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Myers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Fort Myers mentioned on a train schedule titled Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Myers. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Fort Myers: www.cityftmyers.com/ The official website for Lee County: www.lee-county.com/ The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/ Footnotes ...
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