Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Marco Island, FL

Marco Island is the largest and northernmost island in Florida's Ten Thousand Islands chain, covering about 6,800 acres off the Gulf coast of Collier County.

The Calusa people lived on Marco Island for thousands of years and built enormous shell mounds, some of which still shape the island's landscape today.

The Key Marco Cat, a famous wooden Calusa carving of a half-human, half-panther figure unearthed on the island in 1896, is considered one of the finest pieces of Native American art ever found in North America and is held by the Smithsonian.

Captain Bill Collier opened a 20-room hotel on the island in 1896 that still stands as the Olde Marco Inn.

Barron G. Collier, the land baron Collier County is named for, bought most of Marco Island in 1922, and the island was briefly incorporated as Collier City in 1927.

The modern island was created in the 1960s when the Mackle brothers' Deltona Corporation bought Marco Island for $7 million and master-planned a resort community, digging more than 100 miles of residential canals.

The S.S. Jolley Bridge, the island's first modern fixed bridge connection to the mainland, opened to traffic in 1969.

After five failed attempts, voters approved incorporation on August 28, 1997, and Marco Island became Florida's 398th city the following day.

Marco Island had 15,760 residents at the 2020 Census - actually fewer than the 16,413 counted in 2010, a rare population decline for a Florida city.

Marco Island has about 8,600 households, about 89% of its homes are owner-occupied, and the median value of an owner-occupied home is about $896,300, among the highest in Florida.