Collier County, Florida
[3] Archaeology at Platt Island in the Big Cypress National Preserve shows humans settled in what is now Collier County more than 2000 years ago.It was named for Barron Collier, a New York City advertising mogul and real estate developer who had moved to Southwest Florida and established himself as a prominent landowner.Virtually the entire southeastern portion of the county lies within the Big Cypress National Preserve.The northernmost portion of Everglades National Park extends into the southern coastal part of the county.All locations offer public internet stations, printing, photocopying, free Wi-Fi, and 24/7 drop boxes for book and video returns.All voter information is as of September 30, 2022[update], and provided by Collier County Supervisor of Elections Office.A three-month effort at the beginning of 2016 netted over one ton of captured snakes, including a Florida record for the largest male Burmese python, measuring 16 ft and weighing 140 lb.
CountyFloridaNamed forBarron CollierEast NaplesNaplesTime zoneUTC−5EasternUTC−4U.S. state2020 censuscounty seatEverglades CityMarco IslandMetropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)Cape Coral-Fort MyersClewistonHendry CountyGlades CountyCape CoralFort MyersCombined Statistical Area (CSA)ArchaeologyPlatt IslandBig Cypress National PreserveCalusaLee CountySouthwest FloridaTamiami TrailU.S. Census BureauEverglades National ParkChokoloskee, FloridaBroward CountyMiami-Dade CountyMonroe CountyFlorida Panther National Wildlife RefugeTen Thousand Islands National Wildlife RefugeEverglades AirparkImmokalee AirportMarco Island AirportNaples Municipal AirportDade-Collier Training and Transition AirportInterstate 75U.S. Route 41State Road 29State Road 84State Road 951censuspopulation densityracial makeupper capita incomepoverty lineEnglish"American"ItalianGermanBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanAlaska NativeMixed/multiracialHispanic or Latino2020 United States censusDistrict School Board of Collier CountyCollier County Public LibraryAdlai Stevenson IIReubin AskewBob GrahamCharlie CristRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)Third partiesAve MariaBerkshire LakesChokoloskeeGolden GateGoodlandHeritage BayImmokaleeIsland WalkLely ResortMarco Shores-Hammock BayNaples ManorNaples ParkOrangetreePelican BayPelican MarshPine RidgePlantation IslandVerona WalkVineyardsWinding CypressFiddler's Creek District #1Fiddler's Creek District #2CarnestownCopelandIsles of CapriJeromeMiles CityNorth NaplesOchopeeVanderbilt BeachVanderbilt Beach Estatesinvasive snake epidemicBurmese pythonKeewaydin ClubNational Register of Historic Places listings in Collier County, FloridaOld Collier County CourthouseUnited States Census BureauMiami HeraldWayback MachineCharlotteGladesHendryGulf of MexicoCitiesUnincorporatedcommunitiesDeep LakeBig CypressGhost townsBirdonHarkerGeography of FloridaEvergladesdrainage and development