{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.36","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 7.36","heading":"Lee County.","body":"The boundary lines of Lee County are as follows: Beginning where the north line of township forty-three south, intersects the range line between ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight east, at the line between Charlotte and Glades Counties; thence west on said township line to the Gulf of America; thence southerly along said gulf, including all islands and the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the north line of township forty-eight south, extended westward; thence east on said township line to the northwest corner of section four, township forty-eight south, range twenty-five east; thence south to the northwest corner of section nine of said township and range; thence east on the north boundary of said section nine and other sections to the eastern boundary of range twenty-six east; thence north on said range line to the northwest corner of township forty-seven south, range twenty-seven east; thence east on the north line of township forty-seven south, to the east line of range twenty-seven east; thence north on said range line to the place of beginning.\nHistory.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 1998, 1874; s. 1, ch. 3769, ss. 2, 3, ch. 3770, 1887; RS 54; GS 52; RGS 61; ss. 1, chs. 9360, 9362, 1923; CGL 67; s. 12, ch. 2025-8.","path":["CHAPTER 7 COUNTY BOUNDARIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0000-0099/0007/0007.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:56:41Z","sha256":"00969630cb97ca6fa679f78a38534a63b0e2f7ddd36aab344bd5af1ee4f9307b","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.35","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}