Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers is a city of Florida in the United States. It is the commercial center of Lee County, Florida.

Fort Myers, Florida
City
Sidney and Berne Davis Art Museum in downtown Fort Myers
Seal
Nickname:  "City of Palms"
Location in Lee County, Florida
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Coordinates: 26°37′N 81°50′W[1]
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Lee
Founded	March 24, 1885
Government
• Type	Council–manager
Area [2]
• Total	49.04 sq mi (127.00 km2)
• Land	39.84 sq mi (103.19 km2)
• Water	9.20 sq mi (23.81 km2)
Elevation [3]	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	86,395
• Rank	370th in country (as of 2021)[5]
• Density	2,168.44/sq mi (837.24/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	33900–33999
Area code	239
FIPS code	12-24125[6]
GNIS feature ID	0282700[3]
Website	cityftmyers.com

At the at the bust of Robert E. Lee, on median of Monroe Street, downtown, there have been acts of vandalism (a form of activism). The statue has been the centrepoint of arguments in the community since at least 2018.^[7] And at the monument there have been other protests.^[8] The statue was commissioned in 1966 from a sculptor called Aldo Pero (from Italy) and cost $6,000 (USD).^[9] On August 13, 2004, Fort Myers was hit hard by Hurricane Charley.^{[verification needed]}