Bonita Springs is located in
Lee County between
Fort Myers and
Naples along Interstate 75 near the
Gulf of Mexico. Bonita Springs is part of the
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Florida metro area.
Bonita Springs had started out some time in the 1870's. Government surveyors in a remote part of Southwest Florida pitched camp near a medicinal spring which the local Indians believed could heal the sick. After the crew left, the site became know as Survey and the stream running from it, Surveyor's Creek.
By the early 1920's, Barron Collier, had extended his Fort Myers-Southern Railroad to include Bonita Springs which brought another land boom to the area. And later changed the town name to the present Bonita Springs.
Today, Bonita Springs is an attractive area with beautiful beaches, fine restaurants, and excellent recreational facilities and has become another flourishing Southwest Florida township.
