Sunniland Oil Field

Sunniland Oil Field is a Florida historical marker in Sunniland, Collier County, dedicated 1971.

Oil Well Park Rd, just before S.R. 29 in unmarked park, Sunniland

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The first commercial oil well in Florida, located just east of this site, was drilled in 1943 by Humble Oil and Refining Company. The discovery of oil at a depth of over 11,500 feet proved that there was oil in Florida. Seventeen wells were subsequently drilled near here. Sunniland was the state's only commercial oil field until 1964 although there had been extensive drilling since 1900. A vision of Barron Gift Collier was thus fulfilled.

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Historical maps covering this location

1859 · Colton's Florida (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Map of Florida. 59 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Florida (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering the location of Sunniland Oil Field, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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