Copeland is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 located in eastern Collier County

Collier County, Florida

Collier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 251,377. The U.S. Census Bureau 2007 estimate for the county is 315,839...

, Florida

Florida

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, United States

United States

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. It is at the junction of State Road 29 and Janes Memorial Scenic Drive (Collier County Road 837). Copeland lies along the western border of the Big Cypress National Preserve

Big Cypress National Preserve

Big Cypress National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in southern Florida, about 45 miles west of Miami. The Big Cypress, along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, became the first national preserves in the United States National Park System when they were...

, and wedged beside the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve is a Florida State Park just west of Copeland, Florida. It is located in the Fakahatchee Strand, a thread of forested swamp in Big Cypress, part of the Florida Everglades, on SR 29.-Flora:...

 to the east. The hamlet of Jerome

Jerome, Florida

Jerome is a small unincorporated community in Collier County, Florida, United States. It lies along State Road 29 north of Copeland and south of Deep Lake. It lies at an elevation of 10 feet ....

 is a few miles to the north, while Carnestown

Carnestown, Florida

Carnestown is an unincorporated community in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is located near the intersection of US 41 and State Road 29. The community is part of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 lies a few miles to the south at the intersection of State Road 29 and U.S. Route 41

Tamiami Trail

The Tamiami Trail is the southernmost of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 in Miami. The road also has the hidden designation of State Road 90....

.

The population is presently estimated at 275. Copeland also lies within a Florida panther

Florida Panther

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 habitat. Copeland was founded in 1932 in honor of David Graham Copeland, a U.S. Navy

United States Navy

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 engineer who helped plan the Tamiami Trail and began a family-owned farming business at this location.

Copeland is part of the Naples

Naples, Florida

Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of July 1, 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,653. Naples is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated total population of 315,839 on July 1, 2007...

–Marco Island

Marco Island, Florida

Marco Island is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States, located on an island by the same name in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Southwest Florida. It is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Copeland was also the location of the low-budget, 1978 horror movie, Blood Stalkers.