Fort Myers is a city located in Florida. It is the county seat of Lee County, as well as the commercial center. It has an estimated population of 68,689 according to the 2008 U.S. Census data. Fort Myers is one of two major cities of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has an estimated population of 623,725. The city was established in 1886, and is the gateway to the Southwest Florida region. The Florida yellow pages will tell you more about the city, surrounding cities and their history.Sports are a huge aspect of Fort Myers. The city is currently the spring training home for the Minnesota Twins baseball and Boston Red Sox clubs. Fort Myers holds the distinction of having five MLB franchises who have gone on to win the World Series following spring training there. A new stadium has been recently commissioned for the Boston Red Sox as a new spring-training facility.Other points of interest include the Edison and Ford Winter Estates, the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium as well as the Florida Gulf Coast University. The Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium is a non-for-profit, private environmental education center with a museum, planetarium, butterfly and bird aviaries, three nature trails a gift shop, meeting and picnic areas. Check out our business directory for other education centers and museums across the U.S.