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Everglades City, Florida, the Gateway to the Ten Thousand Islands, is located in Collier County. Everglades City is a mile-long mangrove island town that is the western gateway to Everglades National Park. Anglers come from around the world to fish for tarpon, snook and redfish. Phase One of the new Paradise Coast Blueway, Collier County's Paddling Trail, begins in Everglades City, at the northwestern tip of Everglades National Park’s Wilderness Waterway trail.

Prior to 1923, Everglades City was simply called Everglade. In 1893, Bembery Storter chose the name Everglade for this farming settlement. George T. Storter was prominent in Everglades City growth, and he is considered the true founder of the town. The Rod and Gun Club at the Shorter home drew visitors and sportsmen to the area. In 1923, Barron Collier and his company purchased most of the land in the town. Collier was successful in transforming a pioneer farming community into a thriving 1920's town, and he fulfilled his promise to complete the Tamiami Trail that would open the area to tourism and development. The Museum of the Everglades provides a glimpse of life at this time.

Today, Everglades City has reverted from an industrial-based town back into a more natural area that draws visitors and sportsmen. Everglades City, Florida is located at one end of the Wilderness Waterway, where you can rent canoes or kayaks. Tourism, fishing and commercial crabbing once again dominate the economy of Everglades City. Over 375,000 pounds of stone crab claws are brought for processing in each year between October and May, the stone crab harvesting season. This tiny town is filled with numerous restaurants, all specializing in fresh seafood and other local Everglades favorites, including fried gator tail and frog legs.
Activities and destinations in the area include airboat tours through the Everglades, pontoon boat rides, the Everglades National Park Boat Tour, a tram ride through the Everglades , a swamp buggy tour through a Cypress Forest, the Alligator Farm Tour, and The Museum of the Everglades. 

The Collier County Public School District provides Everglades City, FL with public education. The Everglades City School serves grades K-12.

Everglades City, FL has its own small airport, the Everglades Airpark, which is open to the public.
The Florida State Courts System is divided into 20 judicial circuits or areas of jurisdiction. Florida has two appellate courts.  Florida's Supreme Court, the state's highest court, hears civil and criminal appeals from the lower courts. The court also answers constitutional questions and rules on the validity of statutes and on the construction of the state or U.S. constitutions. The state's five District Courts of Appeal, headquartered in Tallahassee, Lakeland, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Daytona Beach, hear all matters not directly appealable to the Supreme Court, as well as final actions of state agencies.

Florida has a two-tier trial court system of Circuit and County courts. The state's Circuit Courts hear felonies, family law matters, civil cases involving amounts over $15,000, probate, guardianship and mental health issues, juvenile dependency and delinquency issues and appeals from County Court. The state's County Courts hear misdemeanors, small claims of up to $5,000, and civil cases of up to and including $15,000 in controversy, as well as traffic cases. Examples of civil matters include hospital negligence, surgical malpractice, automobile accidents, truck accidents, work injury, dog bites, and professional liability lawsuits.

Everglades City, being in Collier County is part of the 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida. The Collier County Courthouse is located at Building L, 6th Floor, 3301 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, FL 34112.