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Facts about the city

Everglades City (formerly known as Everglades) is a city in Collier County, Florida, of which it is the former county seat. As of the 2010 census, the population is 400. It is part of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Gulf Coast Visitor Center for Everglades National Park is in Everglades City.

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History

The first school in Everglade was organized in 1893. While construction was proceeding on the Trail (it was completed in 1929), Collier pushed construction of what became Florida State Road 29 Road 29 from Everglades City to Immokalee, Florida providing the town with its first land connection to the rest of the state. In 1922 Barron Collier began buying large areas of land in what was then southern Lee County, Florida County. His house eventually grew into the Rod and Gun Club, visited by United States Presidents and other notables. became the principal landowner in the area.