Editing Pineland, Florida

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'''Pineland''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) on [[Pine Island (Lee County, Florida)|Pine Island]] in [[Lee County, Florida]], United States. The population was 466 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile/Pineland_CDP,_Florida?g=1600000US1256875 |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> up from 407 at the 2010 census. It is part of the [[Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
Pineland is located in western Lee County at {{coord|26|39|51|N|82|8|46|W|type:city}} (26.664274, -82.146106),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the west side of Pine Island near its northern end. It is bordered to the north and east by [[Bokeelia, Florida|Bokeelia]], to the south by [[Pine Island Center, Florida|Pine Island Center]], and to the west by [[Pine Island Sound]], an arm of the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The northeast border of the CDP is Stringfellow Road (County Road 767), which runs north–south the length of the island.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Pineland CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.07|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 2.90%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_12.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Florida| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref>

==History==
Pineland was the location of one of the largest and oldest native Florida settlements, established at least 2,000 years ago and used by a slowly evolving sequence of cultures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/RRC/online.htm|title=Randell Research Center}}</ref> The [[Calusa]] people inhabited the area for 1,500 years until the arrival of Europeans. They called the site [[History of Tampa, Florida|"Tampa" or "Tanpa"]], a name which was accidentally transferred north by European explorers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/rrc/|title = Randell Research Center}}</ref><ref name="Eric Taubert 2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.independenttraveler.com/tripreports/tripreports.cfm?ID=1455&page=2 |title=Pineland - The Calusa Heritage Trail |accessdate=29 December 2008 |author=Eric Taubert |date=December 2007 |publisher=Independent Traveler}}</ref>

{{see also|Indigenous people of the Everglades region}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2000 = 444
| 2010 = 407
| 2020 = 466
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 444 people, 212 households, and 150 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|481.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 247 housing units at an average density of {{convert|268.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.65% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.68% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.68% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.35% of the population.

There were 212 households, out of which 14.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.2% were married couples living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.41.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 13.1% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 14.6% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 36.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 58 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,875, and the median income for a family was $59,615. Males had a median income of $61,058 versus $40,972 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $28,556.  None of the families and 3.0% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Points of interest==
*The [[Florida Museum of Natural History]]'s [[Florida Museum of Natural History#Randell Research Center|Randell Research Center]] is an archeological center and trail system devoted to the study of the original Calusa settlement at Pineland. Calusa [[midden#Shells|shell mounds]] and remnants of their canal system are visible from the trail.<ref name="Eric Taubert 2"/>
*Pineland is home to one of the smallest post offices in the United States.<ref name="Eric Taubert 2"/>

==References==
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{{Lee County, Florida}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lee County, Florida]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Florida]]
[[Category:Calusa]]
[[Category:Pine Island (Lee County, Florida)]]