Lee County, Florida

Founding: 1887
Parent county: Monroe
Namesake: Robert E. Lee, Confederate Army general
Seat: Fort Myers (1887–)
Land area: 785 square miles
Population (2020): 760,822
Population (historic): 1,414 (1890); 6,294 (1910); 14,990 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–2020
Subdivisions: Four cities; one town; one village; 30 CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,116 (0.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,229
Average outbuilding value (1930): $838

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 573
Average farm size (1920): 22.5 acres

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Fort Myers

 
Namesake: Abraham Myers, U.S. army officer
Founding: 1876 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 86,395
Population (historic): 575 (1890); 2,463 (1910); 9,082 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,870 (3.9%)
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