Miles City, Florida
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Miles City, Florida | |
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.jpg) FL 29 sign near the intersection with I-75 | |
  Miles City Location within the state of Florida  Miles City Miles City (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 26°9′14″N 81°20′41″W / 26.15389°N 81.34472°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Florida |
| County |  Collier |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Miles City is an unincorporated community in Collier County, Florida, United States,[1] located near the intersection of the Alligator Alley portion of Interstate 75 and State Road 29. The community is part of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name came from Miles Collier (1914-1954), son of area land owner Barron Collier.[2]
Miles City opened in the 1920s and was home to dozens of families who worked at the Roskey Packing Plant. It was also a former stop on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (Harrisburg-Everglades City branch).
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[edit]- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Blanchard, Brian (October 11, 1981). "Tiny Miles City plays a towering role in Glades fire protection". Miami Herald. p. 143. Retrieved August 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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