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North Fort Myers is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 42,719 at the 2020 census, up from 39,407 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- 53.13 sq mi (137.61 km²)
- Lee
- United States
- Florida
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North Fort Myers, Florida, in Lee county, is 8 miles NE of Cape Coral, Florida (center to center) and 95 miles S of Tampa, Florida. The town is conveniently located inside the Fort Myers-Cape Coral metropolitan area.
From the start, North Fort Myers was a collection of settlements brought to life by pioneers attracted to the pristine and heavily wooded wilderness north of the Caloosahatchee. The early names for the area included Samville, New Prospect, Bayshore, Cabana City and even Woodrow for Woodrow Wilson.
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 .
Lee County was established in 1887 from Monroe County. [5] Fort Myers is the county seat and a center of tourism in Southwest Florida. It is about 120 miles (190 km) south of Tampa at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caloosahatchee River. [6]
