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History of Naples

Naples is an American city located in Collier County, Florida. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 19,537 and a population density of 459.17 persons per km². As of 2015, the city's population was approximately 20,600. Naples is the principal city of the Naples-Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area of Florida, which had a population of about 380,000 in 2019. Naples is one of the wealthiest cities in the United States, with 9% of the population being millionaires.

It was one of the top 10 cities with the highest concentration of millionaires in the country in 2019.3 Real estate is one of the most expensive in the country, with homes for sale for more than $15 million. Many famous people own or have owned homes in Naples, such as Rick Scott, the former governor of Florida, and Larry Bird, the former NBA basketball player. Naples was voted the best beach town to live in 2019 by Wallethub.



The city of Naples was founded in the late 1880s by former Confederate general and Kentucky senator John Stuart Williams and his partner, Louisville businessman Walter N. Haldeman, publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Throughout the 1870s and '80s, magazine and newspaper articles spoke of the area's mild climate and abundant fish and game rivaling the sunny Italian Peninsula. The name Naples was chosen because developers described the bay as "surpassing the Bay of Naples, Italy." Further development was anticipated after the railroad reached Naples on January 7, 1927, and the Tamiami Trail linking Naples to Miami was completed in 1928, but operations began after the Great Depression and World War II. During the war, the United States Army Air Force built a small airfield and used it for training purposes; it is now Naples Municipal Airport.

Lenar was required to repair damage caused by a 1945 hurricane. A local dredging company, Forrest Walker & Sons, created a lake north of 16th Avenue S, between Gordon Drive and Gulf Shore Boulevard. In 1949, Forrest Walker asked Mr. Rust to sell him the 296 acres (120 ha) from Jamaica Canal to 14th Avenue S. The Jamaica Canal of today was widened, a channel was dredged, and 14th Avenue S was created in March 1950; a new subdivision was named "Aqualane Shores" at the grand opening that same year. Additional canals were added along the south side of 14th Avenue S and were named alphabetically for local water birds. The first channel south of 14th Avenue S is Anhinga Canal, then Brine Canal is south of 15th Avenue S, Cranes Canal is south of 16th Avenue S, Duck Canal is south of 17th Avenue S, and Heron Canal is north of 21st Avenue S. Of the canals there are coves named Flamingo, Gull, Heron, and Ibis, as well as the original Aqua Cove. These initial channels, canals, and coves were dredged and bulldozed from mangrove swamps. Where surface rock prevented excavation, earth was filled to create lots with navigable water.

The Aqualane Shores Association was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation on February 3, 1966. It served lot owners in the area roughly bounded by Naples Bay to the east, Gordon Drive to the west, and the land between 14th Avenue S and 21st Avenue S, as well as Marina Drive, Forrest Lane, and Southwinds Drive. Thirty years later, in 1996, a state-mandated city master plan renamed the area the Aqualane Shores Neighborhood and extended its border west to the Gulf of Mexico, east to Naples Bay, and the area from 14th Avenue S to the southern end of Jamaica Channel. The numerous canals and waterfront homes add a distinctive feature to the southern part of Naples and provided access to the Gulf of Mexico for many homeowners.

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*https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_(Florida)