Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers, Florida
City
Sidney and Berne Davis Art Museum in downtown Fort Myers
Seal
Nickname:  "City of Palms"
Location in Lee County, Florida
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Coordinates: 26°37′N 81°50′W / 26.617°N 81.833°W / 26.617; -81.833[1]
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Lee
Founded	March 24, 1885
Government
• Type	Council–manager
Area [2]
• Total	49.04 sq mi (127.00 km2)
• Land	39.84 sq mi (103.19 km2)
• Water	9.20 sq mi (23.81 km2)
Elevation [3]	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	86,395
• Rank	370th in country (as of 2021)[5]
• Density	2,168.44/sq mi (837.24/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	33900–33999
Area code	239
FIPS code	12-24125[6]
GNIS feature ID	0282700[3]
Website	cityftmyers.com

Fort Myers is a city of Florida in the United States. It is the commercial center of Lee County, Florida.

On August 13, 2004, Fort Myers was hit hard by Hurricane Charley.

1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
2. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ↑ "QuickFacts: Fort Myers city, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
5. ↑ Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 50,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2021 Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021, United States Census Bureau, May 2022. Accessed December 1, 2022.
6. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.