where is north port florida located?
Sarasota County United States of America Florida
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 Throughout its history , there have been concerns about democratic accountability , or lack thereof at the Port Authority . The Port District is irregularly shaped but comprises a 1 @,@ 500 @-@ square @-@ mile ( 3 @,@ 900 km2 ) area roughly within a 25 @-@ mile ( 40 km ) radius of the Statue of Liberty . 

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 A turning point came for development in the Everglades at the proposition of an expanded airport after Miami International Airport outgrew its capacities . The new jetport was planned to be larger than O 'Hare , Dulles , JFK , and LAX airports combined , and the chosen location was 6 miles ( 9 @.@ 7 km ) north of Everglades National Park . The first sentence of the U.S. Department of Interior study of the environmental impact of the jetport read , " Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities ... will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park " . When studies indicated the proposed jetport would create 4 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 US gallons ( 15 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 L ) of raw sewage a day and 10 @,@ 000 short tons ( 9 @,@ 100 t ) of jet engine pollutants a year , the project met staunch opposition . The New York Times called it a " blueprint for disaster " , and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson wrote to President Richard Nixon voicing his opposition : " It is a test of whether or not we are really committed in this country to protecting our environment . " Governor Claude Kirk withdrew his support for the project , and Marjory Stoneman Douglas was persuaded at 79 years old to go on tour to give hundreds of speeches against it . Nixon instead established Big Cypress National Preserve , announcing it in the Special Message to the Congress Outlining the 1972 Environmental Program . 

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 = = = = Central and North Florida = = = = 

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 From 1888 to 1893 , the Cape Florida lighthouse was leased by the United States Secretary of the Treasury for a total of US $ 1 @.@ 00 ( 20 cents per annum ) to the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club for use as its headquarters . It was listed as the southernmost yacht club in the United States , and the tallest in the world . After the lease expired , the yacht club moved to Coconut Grove , where it continues . 

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 Some additional communities such as La Marque , adjacent to Texas City , are treated as bayside communities by some sources . 
