Fort Myers

Fort Myers is a booming town with great weather, entertainment and a casual feel in . It was the winter home of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and it remains a popular spot for "snowbirds" from northern states.
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  • Type: City with 60,500 residents
  • Description: city and county seat of Lee County, Florida, United States
  • Also known as: Fort Myers, FL”, “Fort Myers, Florida”, “Ft. Myers”, “Ft. Myers, Florida”, and “Myers
  • Postal codes: 33901, 33902, 33905-33908, 33911-33913, 33916, 33919, 33965, and 33994

Places of Interest

Highlights include Southwest Florida Museum of History and City of Palms Park.

Museum
The is a history museum in Fort Myers, Florida. The museum is in historic downtown Ft. Myers, in a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot at 2031 Jackson Street.

Stadium
is a baseball stadium in Fort Myers, Florida. It served as the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball from its opening in 1993 to 2011.

Public building
The is a historic building at 2120 Main Street in Fort Myers, Florida. It was designed by Francis J. Kennard and its cornerstone was laid on April 13, 1915. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Fort Myers.

Town
is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in , United States. The population was 42,719 at the 2020 census, up from 39,407 at the 2010 census.

Fort Myers

Latitude
26.6406° or 26° 38′ 26″ north
Longitude
-81.8723° or 81° 52′ 20″ west
Population
60,500
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Abbreviation
“Ft. Myers”
IATA airport code
FMY
United Nations Location Code
US FMY
Open location code
76RWJ4RH+73
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154000776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4155995
Wiki­data ID
Q506451
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Fort Myers” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فورت مايرز
  • Azerbaijani: Fort-Mayers
  • Basque: Fort Myers
  • Bengali: ফোর্ট মেয়ার্স
  • Catalan: Fort Myers
  • Cebuano: Fort Myers
  • Chechen: Форт-Маэрс
  • Chinese: Fort Myers
  • Chinese: 迈尔斯堡
  • Chinese: 邁爾斯堡
  • Chinese: 麥爾茲堡
  • Czech: Fort Myers
  • Dagbani: Fort Myers
  • Danish: Fort Myers
  • Dutch: Fort Myers
  • Egyptian Arabic: فورت مايرز
  • Esperanto: Fort Myers
  • Finnish: Fort Myers
  • French: Fort Myers
  • German: Fort Myers
  • Gilaki: فؤرت مایرز (فلؤريدا)
  • Gilaki: فؤرت مایرز
  • Greek: Φορτ Μάγερς
  • Greek: Φορτ Μάιερς
  • Gujarati: ફોર્ટ મેયર્સ
  • Haitian: Fort Myers, Florid
  • Haitian: Fort Myers
  • Hebrew: פורט מאיירס
  • Hindi: फोर्ट मायर्स
  • Hungarian: Fort Myers
  • Ido: Fort Myers, Florida
  • Ido: Fort Myers
  • Indonesian: Fort Myers, Florida
  • Indonesian: Fort Myers
  • Interlingua: Fort Myers
  • Irish: Fort Myers
  • Italian: Fort Myers
  • Japanese: フォートマイヤー
  • Japanese: フォートマイヤーズ(フロリダ州)
  • Japanese: フォートマイヤーズ
  • Kannada: ಫೋರ್ಟ್ ಮೈಯರ್ಸ್
  • Kashmiri: فورٹ مییرس
  • Korean: 포트마이어스 (플로리다주)
  • Korean: 포트마이어스
  • Ladin: Fort Myers
  • Latvian: Fortmaiersa
  • Lithuanian: Fort Marjersas
  • Lombard: Fort Myers
  • Malay: Fort Myers
  • Marathi: फोर्ट मायर्स
  • Mazanderani: فورت مایرز
  • Min Nan Chinese: Fort Myers
  • Newari: फर्ट मायर्स (फ्लोरिडा)
  • Newari: फर्ट मायर्स, फ्लोरिडा
  • Newari: फर्ट मायर्स
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fort Myers
  • Norwegian: Fort Myers
  • Persian: فورت مایرز، فلوریدا
  • Persian: فورت مایرز
  • Polish: Fort Myers
  • Portuguese: Fort Myers
  • Portuguese: Ft. Myers
  • Romanian: Fort Myers
  • Russian: Форт Майерс
  • Russian: Форт-Майерс
  • Serbian: Форт Мајерс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fort Myers, Florida
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fort Myers
  • Silesian: Fort Myers
  • Sinhala: ෆෝර්ට් මයර්ස්
  • Slovak: Fort Myers
  • Slovenian: Fort Myers
  • South Azerbaijani: فورت میرز، فلوریدا
  • Spanish: Fort Myers (Florida)
  • Spanish: Fort Myers
  • Swahili: Fort Myers, Florida
  • Swahili: Fort Myers
  • Swedish: Fort Myers
  • Tamil: போர்ட் மயேர்ஸ்
  • Tatar: Форт-Маэрс
  • Telugu: ఫోర్ట్ మేయర్స్
  • Thai: ฟอร์ตไมเออร์
  • Thai: ฟอร์ตไมเอิร์ส
  • Turkish: Fort Myers, Florida
  • Turkish: Fort Myers
  • Ukrainian: Форт-Маєрс
  • Urdu: فورٹ مییرس
  • Uzbek: Fort Myers
  • Uzbek: Форт Мерс
  • Vietnamese: Fort Myers, Florida
  • Vietnamese: Fort Myers
  • Volapük: Fort Myers
  • Waray (Philippines): Fort Myers, Florida
  • Waray (Philippines): Fort Myers
  • Welsh: Fort Myers, Florida
  • Welsh: Fort Myers

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