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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Collier |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2000 |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_type = type:city_region:US |latd = 25|latm = 54 |lats = 4|latNS = N |longd = 81|longm = 18|longs = 13|longEW = W |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 34141 |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 295500 |website = |footnotes = }} Ochopee is an unincorporated community in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is located to the east of the intersection of US 41 and State Road 29, near Carnestown. The community is part of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community got its name when a visitor to the general store asked the owner what the place was called. A native man was trading in the store that day so the owner asked him what was the Seminole word for farm. He replied, "O-Chopp-ee".〔Stone 1989, p. 11.〕 Ochopee began as a small one family tomato farming community in the early 1920s. James Gaunt bought of land along U.S. Highway 41 for $100 per acre, and started with only army tents.〔Stone 1989, p. 2.〕 A community called Ochopee grew up around Gaunt's tomato farm. After the original Post Office burned down, residents used an old storage shed to house mail, which became the smallest post office in the nation.〔Stone 1989, p. 51.〕 It continues as an active post office and sometime tourist attraction. The original farm and settlement were gradually absorbed by the federal government as part of a movement to conserve the Everglades. A few small businesses remain, along with the headquarters of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Jeff Whichello, a native of the area, has written a book about his childhood called ''What Happened to Ochopee?''〔 ==Points of interest== * Ochopee post office * Skunk Ape Research Center * Joannie's Crab Shack * National Park Service Big Cypress Headquarters, formerly The Golden Lion Motor Inn owned by Whichello's family * Wootens World Famous Airboats 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ochopee, Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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