Port Charlotte, Florida Port Charlotte, Florida Location in Charlotte County and the state of Florida Location in Charlotte County and the state of Florida County Charlotte Port Charlotte is an unincorporated improve and census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte County, Florida, United States.
The populace was 54,392 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Port Charlotte was titled to Forbes' list of "25 Best Places to Retire in 2015", listed among the ten best places in the United States to retire for the year 2012 by U.S.
The first citizens to call the Port Charlotte region home were the nomadic Paleo-Indians as they chased big game such as woolly mammoth southward amid the last ice age around 10,000 BC. At the time, Port Charlotte was not a coastal area; the peninsula of Florida was much wider than it is today and much drier.
Maps of the region at the turn of the 20th century show that most of the roads and barns s dominant into southwest Florida had bypassed the Port Charlotte area. Aside from some cattle ranches and small farming, the region was mostly uninhabited.
In the 1950s, the now defunct General Development Corporation led by the Mackle brothers decided to take favor of the Florida territory boom and advanced land primarily on both of Florida's coastlines.
Among the areas they prepared and advanced was the Port Charlotte area.
Ultimately, Port Charlotte became the most crowded improve in Charlotte County, although like most GDC developments, Port Charlotte remained an unincorporated community.
Port Charlotte was severely impacted by Hurricane Charley on August 13, 2004.
The hurricane, predicted to hit Tampa as a Category 2 hurricane, took a last-minute right hand turn and intensified into a Category 4 storm as it made landfall near Charlotte Harbor and caused harsh damage in the town/city of Punta Gorda and in the Port Charlotte area. The storm's 145 miles per hour (233 km/h) maximum sustained winds finished almost half of the homes in the county and caused heavy ecological damage to sensitive wetlands in the area. Port Charlotte is positioned at the north end of the Charlotte Harbor Estuary, northwest of the town/city of Punta Gorda.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 32.3 square miles (83.7 km2), of which 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2) is territory and 3.9 square miles (10.1 km2) (12.01%), is water. Port Charlotte has a warm humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification: Cfa) bordering on a tropical wet and dry climate (Koppen climate classification: Aw). The summers are long, hot and humid with incessant afternoon thunderstorms.
Climate data for Port Charlotte, Florida The region of northwestern Port Charlotte where State Road 776 intersects US 41 is also known as Murdock.
Unlike most of Port Charlotte, this part is not residentiary, and includes the Port Charlotte Town Center and other commercial and light industrialized uses.
Since Port Charlotte is unincorporated, it is governed by the government of Charlotte County.
The county is governed by a 5-person county commission.
County commissioners incessantly sit on other county-wide boards involving other municipalities and counties.
In the CDP, the age distribution of the populace shows 18.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 30.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
According to Sperling's Best Places, as of July 2015 the family median income in Port Charlotte was $48,911, and homehold income was $40,049.
Port Charlotte's unemployment rate was 5.50%, compared to 6.30% for the United States overall.
Port Charlotte is home to the Charlotte Stone Crabs, which is a member of the Florida State League and Class High-A partner of the Tampa Bay Rays, which also hold its spring training at Charlotte Sports Park.
The Rays also hold extended spring training in Port Charlotte, and have a Gulf Coast League team beginning play in June 2009.
The Port Charlotte Invitational was a golf tournament held in 1969 at the Port Charlotte Golf & Country Club on the LPGA Tour. Kathy Whitworth won the event.
Public schools in Port Charlotte are directed by Charlotte County Public Schools.
The Mid-County Regional Library and the Port Charlotte Library are positioned in Port Charlotte.
They are encompassed in the Charlotte County Library System.
1961 Port Charlotte Library was established 1963 The Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, and Englewood Public Libraries joined and formed the Charlotte County System 1968 The Port Charlotte Library moved to the Cultural Center of Charlotte County, the present locale 1996 The Charlotte County Library System updated circulation with an automated catalog fitness Vinnie Fiorello, drummer lyricist of the band Less Than Jake; attended Port Charlotte High School John Hall, former kicker for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins; born in Port Charlotte and attended Port Charlotte High School Vincent Hancock, Olympic gold medalist skeet shooter at the 2008 Summer Olympics; born in Port Charlotte Anthony Hargrove, defensive end in the NFL; attended Port Charlotte High School Matt La - Porta, left fielder for the Cleveland Indians; born in Port Charlotte and attended Port Charlotte High School North Port, Florida a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Port Charlotte CDP, Florida".
"Charlotte County Maps".
"Monthly Averages for Port Charlotte, Florida".
Charlotte County Public Schools.
"School Accountability Report (for Deep Creek Elementary, Kingsway Elementary, Liberty Elementary, Meadow Park Elementary, Murdock Middle, Neil Armstrong Elementary, Port Charlotte High, and Port Charlotte Middle in the 2007-08 school year)".
Charlotte County Public Schools.
Historic Charlotte County: An Illustrated History.
A Publication of the Charlotte County Historical Center Society, Historical Publishing Network.
Municipalities and communities of Charlotte County, Florida, United States
Categories:
1950s establishments in Florida - Census-designated places in Charlotte County, Florida - Unincorporated communities in Charlotte County, Florida - Census-designated places in Florida - Unincorporated communities in Florida - Populated places on Charlotte Harbor
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