Longboat Key, Florida Longboat Key, Florida View of Millar bay and Sister Keys from a Longboat Keys residence View of Millar bay and Sister Keys from a Longboat Keys residence Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S.
Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
The town of Longboat Key was incorporated in 1955 and is part of the Bradenton Sarasota Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Longboat Key was originally inhabited by Native Americans.
The region what is now Longboat Key was scouted by Juan de Anasco who was the first known white man to explore the key and Hernando De Soto's scout.
He spent about 2 months attempting to find a landing site, he was also most likely the first man to see and explore Sarasota Bay, Boca Ceiga Bay and the Manatee River. According to small-town legend he believed the Indians were hostile and when they reached territory on the island and fled leaving their Longboat in a bayou.
In the late 1800s, Longboat Key up for settlement.
Longboat Key had appeared to be two citizens titled Colin and Rowlin W Witt in 1882 and claimed 7.15 acres (2.89 ha) on the north end of the island.
In the early 1900s Longboat Key was a farming improve until 1921.
Longboat Key was very prominent mostly for burgeoning fruits and tomatoes with Bryon Corey owning a farm which was on the New Pass on the southernmost point of the key.
In World War II Longboat Key had a bombing range.
At the time only about a third of Longboat Key was advanced and about 215 citizens lived there.
In the 1960s and 1970s the Arvida corporation bought the south end of Longboat key and advanced it for $13.5 million. President Bush had appeared on Longboat on September 10, 2001 the day before the September 11 Attacks to read to second graders in a campaign called at the Emma T.
Booker School in Sarasota. On November 14, 2015 the town of Longboat Key jubilated a 60- year anniversary. The town of Longboat Key has a commission-manager form of government.
The United States Postal Service operates a postal service on Longboat Key, with the entire island having the ZIP code of 34228.
On February 1, 1958, the name of the Longbeach postal service was changed to Longboat Key.
There was also a postal service titled "Longboat" established on March 27, 1914, in the Sarasota County portion of the key, but it was discontinued on January 14, 1922, and its functions were assumed by the Sarasota postal service. The quasi-governmental form of the Condominium Association exists in one of its most complex forms in and on Longboat Key, comprising the "Federation of Longboat Key Condominiums".
In addition to the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, and in concert with the Town of Longboat Key, these entities have made Longboat Key an exemplar of small-town government and citizen cooperation in participation and management for communities of its type. Longboat Key is served by two newspapers presented year-round, the Longboat Observer and the Longboat Key News Congress problematic the "Longboat Key National Seashore" has been suggested.
Currently Longboat Key is positioned inside two Florida counties, Manatee County in the north and Sarasota County in the south, but there have been calls for the Florida Legislature to pursue an initiative to problematic a 68th county, "Longboat Key County," to simplify governance of the island.
White heron in the Durante Community Park on Longboat Key Longboat Key is positioned north of St.
Armands Key, with its circle of shopping and dining, and Lido Key, and south of Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach, and Anna Maria, which are positioned on adjoining Anna Maria Island.
The close-by cities of Sarasota and Bradenton and the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport round out Longboat Key's varied list of geographic amenities.
Some Longboat Key inhabitants are "snowbirds", who vacation on or own second homes on Longboat Key, and are present only amid the winter months.
There are various restaurants on Longboat Key, Mar Vista, The Lazy Lobster, The Dry Dock, Pattigeorge's Restaurant, Chart House, the Longboat Key Club Restaurant, Euphemia Haye, Maison Blanche, Bayou Tavern, and Harry's.
Most of the Gulf side of Longboat Key comprises beaches.
The southern most region of the key is mostly part of the Longboat Key Club.
Much of the territory area of Longboat Key is occupied by either single-family homes or condominium apartements.
Almost the entire territory area of Longboat Key is now occupied.
Notable current and former inhabitants of Longboat Key include: a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Longboat Key town, Florida".
Longboat key history.com.
"Longboat Key - History and Place to Visit".
Longboat Key Chamber.
Longboat key history.com.
Longboat key history.com.
"Longboat Key - History and Place to Visit".
Longboat Key Chamber.
"Longboat Key jubilates 60th anniversary".
Town of Longboat Key official website Longboat Key Historical Society Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce
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Barrier islands of Florida - Keys of Florida - Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico - Towns in Manatee County, Florida - Towns in Sarasota County, Florida - Islands of Manatee County, Florida - Islands of Sarasota County, Florida - Islands of Florida - 1882 establishments in Florida
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