Bonita Springs

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Bonita Springs
Nickname : Gateway to the Gulf
Bonita Springs Beach
Bonita Springs Beach
County and state location
Lee County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bonita Springs Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : December 31, 1999
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Lee County
Coordinates : 26 ° 21 ′  N , 81 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 21 ′  N , 81 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 43,914 (as of 2010)
Population density : 480.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 106.2 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of
which 91.4 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 3 m
Postcodes : 34133-34136
Area code : +1 239
FIPS : 12-07525
GNIS ID : 0279207
Website : www.cityofbonitasprings.org
Mayor : Peter Simmons

Bonita Springs is a city in Lee County in the US state of Florida with 43,914 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Bonita Springs is located in southern Florida on the Gulf of Mexico and borders Fort Myers Beach in the northwest . Fort Myers is 15 miles, Miami 200 km and Tampa 150 miles away.

climate

The climate is subtropical and therefore warm all year round. Statistically it rains in the summer months - even if only briefly - on an average of 40% of the days. Daytime temperatures range from May to October at 31 ° C. The coldest months from December to February bring average daily temperatures of 24 ° C. In summer, the high humidity in particular means that the perceived temperatures are well above the 31 ° C mentioned above.

history

In 1904, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad built a railway line from Punta Gorda to Fort Myers, which was extended to Bonita Springs in 1925 and to Naples in 1926 . Today the route from Arcadia via Punta Gorda and Fort Myers to Naples is operated by the Seminole Gulf Railway . In 1938, a meteorite weighing over 40 kilograms was found near Bonita Springs . He was in an Indian burial mound.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 43,914 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 31,716 households. The population density was 480.5 inh / km². 88.8% of the population identified themselves as whites , 0.8% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 1.0% as Asian Americans . 7.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 22.5% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 48.9% of all households lived in 15.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 65.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.19 people and the average family size was 2.58 people.

15.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 18.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 22.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 43.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 55 years. 50.4% of the population were male and 49.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 53,274, with 14.9% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, 81.68% of the population spoke English as their mother tongue, 15.30% spoke Spanish and 3.02% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

On July 8, 1999, the Bonita Springs School was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places .

economy

The main branches of employment are: Education, health and social affairs: (11.2%), trade / retail: (16.7%), future technologies, management, administration: (10.9%), art, entertainment, food, restaurants ( 15.1%), construction: (17.4%).

traffic

Bonita Springs is located directly on Interstate 75, which runs in north-south direction, and on the Tamiami Trail ( US 41 ). The nearest airport is Southwest Florida International Airport at Fort Myers , approximately 20 km away.

schools

  • Spring Creek Elementary School, approximately 940 students
  • Bonita Springs Elementary School, approx. 400 students
  • Bonita Springs Middle School, approximately 1,000 students

Town twinning

Bonita Springs has a twinning with the Rhineland-Palatinate Green City .

Parks and sports facilities

The Bonita Beach Park is particularly beautiful - the public beach with very fine and white sand. Here can be a day dolphin watching and with a little luck you can also very shy manatees (Engl. Manatees ) and giant manta rays observed. A little further south is Barefoot Beach Park (entry required). This is where the high society of Bonita Springs and Naples meet.

There is a small range of different city parks as well as several sporting facilities, as well as playgrounds and opportunities for camping and barbecuing. There is also a mini golf course directly on Bonita Beach Road.

Web links

Commons : Bonita Springs, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.cityofbonitasprings.org/government/city-council/mayor/
  2. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2 .
  3. ^ Bonita Springs. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  4. ^ Bonita Springs. meteoritestudies.com, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  5. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ FLORIDA - Lee County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 29, 2015 .