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English: This is a locator map showing Sarasota County in Florida. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 14 February 2006: Source:
The area known today as Sarasota appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word Zarazote over present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. [12] The origin of the name is disputed, with some claiming that it is based on conquistador Hernando de Soto's daughter Sara, and others claiming that it comes from "sara-de-cota," meaning "an area of land easily observed" in the language of the Calusa ...
Sarasota County is a county located in Southwest Florida. At the 2020 US census, the population was 434,006. [2] Its county seat is Sarasota [3] and its largest city is North Port. Sarasota County is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL metropolitan statistical area. The county includes barriers islands with beaches and beach ...
Location of Sarasota County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sarasota County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
North of Bee Ridge Road, Beneva Road runs between Southgate and Sarasota Springs. It then intersects Webber Street and Bahia Vista Street as it continues north. Beneva Road enters Sarasota city limits right after crossing the Legacy Trail. It then intersects SR 780 (Fruitville Road), the primary east–west road through Sarasota. Beneva Road ...
Benderson Development Co. bought the building and related land parcels for $25 million in 2021 and leased it back to the county through 2025 for $1 million a year.. County offices will move to the ...
In 2007, the MSA was renamed the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice MSA because Bradenton's population then exceeded that of Sarasota. [5] In 2009, the area was designated the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota MSA after North Port qualified as a "principal city" under the metropolitan statistical area definition and was determined to be the largest ...