Koreshan State Historic Site

Koreshan State Historic Site
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Map showing the location of Koreshan State Historic Site
Map showing the location of Koreshan State Historic Site
Map showing the location of Koreshan State Historic Site
Map showing the location of Koreshan State Historic Site
LocationLee County, Florida, United States
Nearest cityEstero, Florida
Coordinates26°26.0′N 81°49.0′W / 26.4333°N 81.8167°W / 26.4333; -81.8167
Area135 acres (0.55 km2)
Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection

The Koreshan State Historic Site is a state park in Estero, Florida located on U.S. Highway 41 at Corkscrew Road. It was also added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1976, under the designation of Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District.

It contains areas of pine flatwoods habitat and the site of a religious colony, the Koreshan Unity, whose last members deeded the land to the state in 1961.[1]

  1. ^ "Florida Memory: State Library and Archives of Florida".