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Collier County
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- Local places
- 24
- Population
- 417,131
- Planning millage
- 9.8185 mills
- Note paths
- 24
Data notes
Census GEOID: 12021. Population and place types come from the Florida Census place dataset used by this site. The planning millage is a Florida Revenue county-summary row, not a parcel rate, estimate, or bill. Open the property-tax guide for the limits and calculator.
Official county paths
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These links go to the county office or district listed by a statewide official directory. Use the exact address when a parcel, precinct, school assignment, or evacuation instruction is involved.
Property appraiser
Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value.
Open official site ->Tax collector
Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions.
Open official site ->Clerk and recorder
Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.
Open official site ->Supervisor of Elections
Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information.
Open official site ->Emergency management
Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions.
Open official site ->School district
Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.
Open official site ->County-office snapshot checked 2026-07-13. Office names, hours, contacts, and service details can change on the linked site.
Local pages
Places in Collier County
Cities, towns, and villages
Census-designated places (21)
These are named Census places, not incorporated city governments. County and special-district offices often own the practical record.
Direct local notes
Notes about Collier County and its places
These entries have been reviewed as directly about the county or one of the local places listed here.
Outdoors
Naples sea turtle season changes the beach routine
Naples beaches are beautiful at night, but sea turtle nesting season makes lighting, furniture, holes, and beach habits part of the local routine.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Collier beach parking stickers are a county errand
Collier County beach parking stickers help residents and property owners use local beach parking with less guessing.
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Rookery Bay keeps Naples and Marco close to the estuary
Rookery Bay helps explain the mangroves, water, wildlife, and protected estuary between Naples, Marco Island, and the Ten Thousand Islands.
Read this note ->Money and taxes
Immokalee State Farmers Market keeps produce money moving
Immokalee's state farmers market helps make the inland side of Collier County feel like working farm country, not just the back road to the coast.
Read this note ->Useful county context
Notes with examples, nearby ties, or broader rules
These notes create useful paths from Collier County, but they may describe a statewide rule, regional subject, neighboring place, or one county example rather than a rule unique to this county.
Home and property
Florida final payment affidavit belongs before the last check
A Florida contractor's final payment affidavit can help a homeowner slow down the last payment until subcontractor and supplier status is clearer.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Everglades water starts before the park
Everglades National Park protects a huge South Florida wetland system, but the water story reaches well past the park boundary.
Read this note ->Home and property
Florida CBRS check can change the coastal flood file
Some Florida coastal properties may need a Coastal Barrier Resources System check because federal flood insurance rules can depend on the official map and the structure's timing.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Tamiami Trail is a road with Everglades consequences
Tamiami Trail is more than an old scenic drive; it helped connect Tampa and Miami while changing how water moved through the Everglades.
Read this note ->Rules and licenses
South Florida sea turtle lighting is a local code check
Sea turtle lighting rules along South Florida beaches depend on local ordinances, maps, and beachside property details.
Read this note ->History and culture
Smallwood Store keeps Chokoloskee's trading-post edge
Smallwood Store on Chokoloskee keeps the Ten Thousand Islands frontier story close to the water, the dock, and the old trading counter.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Ten Thousand Islands Refuge keeps the Gulf side wild
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge keeps mangroves, marsh, paddling, wildlife watching, and barrier-island camping close to the Tamiami Trail.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Alligator Alley is the Everglades crossing that feels long
Alligator Alley makes the I-75 drive between Collier and Broward feel like a real road-trip across water, wildlife country, tolls, and open distance.
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Big Cypress is the Everglades edge between coasts
Big Cypress National Preserve gives South Florida a huge swamp landscape between the Atlantic side and the Gulf side.
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The Florida Trail is a segment-by-segment hike
The Florida National Scenic Trail crosses many land managers, habitats, towns, roads, wetlands, and seasons, so the right plan starts with the exact segment.
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Florida Panther Refuge is a quiet Collier County walk
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge gives Collier County a small public trail window into a much larger South Florida habitat story.
Read this note ->Home and property
Historic Palm Cottage keeps Old Naples at house scale
Historic Palm Cottage gives Naples a real old-house anchor, with tabby walls, early visitor history, and a Historic District walk nearby.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Revs Institute makes Naples a serious car-history stop
Revs Institute gives Naples a deep car-history stop, with rare automobiles, research, preservation, and a museum visit that feels different from a normal beach day.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary keeps old cypress close to Naples
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary gives Southwest Florida a quiet boardwalk through old-growth bald cypress, wet prairie, marsh, wildlife, and deep shade.
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Fakahatchee Strand is the orchid swamp road near Everglades City
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve gives Collier County a wilder swamp side, with orchids, royal palms, cypress, a boardwalk, and slow dirt-road exploring.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Loop Road in Big Cypress is a swamp drive, not a shortcut
Loop Road is a scenic Big Cypress drive where the road, water, wildlife, and season matter more than shaving time off the Tamiami Trail.
Read this note ->Sources used for this page
Use the county directory as a starting map.
Last checked July 13, 2026. The place list comes from the Florida Census place data used by this site. Direct note relationships stay separate from broader contextual paths. County office links come from the statewide directories named on the linked sites, and county tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. Before relying on a rule, fee, deadline, public record, service, school assignment, storm instruction, or permit path, use the official source for the exact address.
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Places in Collier County
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