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The road is named after the community of Burnt Store Marina, which is located in Lee County just south of the Charlotte County line. Burnt Store Marina is the historic locations of a general store and trading post that was burned down by a small group of Seminole Indians led by Chief Billy Bowlegs in protest of settlers taking their land. [14]
Burnt Store Marina is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,890 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 1,793 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Punta Gorda (/ ˌ p ʌ n t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə /; English: Fat Point), [5] a city located in Southwest Florida, is the county seat of Charlotte County, Florida, United States. [6] As of the 2020 U.S. Census , the city had a population of 19,471, up from 16,641 at the 2010 census.
Punta Gorda is the only incorporated city in Charlotte County. On August 13, 2004, Charlotte County, Hurricane Charley came ashore near Port Charlotte as a Category 4 hurricane. On September 28, 2022, Charlotte County was struck by Hurricane Ian, which made a second landfall near the city of Punta Gorda, Florida. [4]
U.S. Highway 17 (US 17) in Florida is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs 317 miles (510 km) from the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area northeast to the Jacksonville metropolitan area.
The next block is U.S. Route 90, where the DeSoto Trail heads west, and State Road 100 joins US 41 to the northern extends of Lake City. Before leaving Lake City's limits, US 41 curves to the northwest to run parallel to a Georgia Southern and Florida Railway line. Since it also carries two hidden state roads at this point, it serves as the end ...
Less than two miles after entering Cape Coral, CR 78 intersects with Burnt Store Road and Veterans Parkway . The western segment of SR 78 begins at this intersection. [citation needed] The western segment of SR 78 proceeds east-northeast through Cape Coral and North Fort Myers, where it intersects U.S. Route 41.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]