Sarasota is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida on Sarasota Bay, a lagoon on the Gulf Coast. The population was 54,842 at the 2020 census. The two-county Sarasota metropolitan area has an estimated 935,000 residents, making it the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Florida and 61st-largest in the United States.
Southeast
Sarasota
Manatee County, FL
Population
55,508
Walk Score
98 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,417
Median home value
$372,000
Founded
1763
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Midway Subdivision Historic District · listed 1998
- Whitfield Estates Lantana Avenue Historic District · listed 1997
- Bacheller-Brewer Model Home Estate · listed 1992
- Bispham-Wilson Historic District · listed 2002
- Burns Court Historic District · listed 1984
- Caples'-Ringlings' Estates Historic District · listed 1982
- Central-Cocoanut Historic District · listed 2005
- Downtown Sarasota Historic District · listed 2009
- Downtown Sarasota Historic District Boundary Decrease · listed 2010
- Keith, Edson, Estate · listed 1991
- Laurel Park Historic District · listed 2008
- Newtown Historic District · listed 2024
- Overtown Historic District · listed 2002
- Rigby's La Plaza Historic District · listed 1994
Notable landmarks
- Austin House · listed 1998
- Beasley, John M., House · listed 1996
- Kreissle Forge · listed 1996
- Reid-Woods House · listed 2000
- Seagate · listed 1983
- Souder, Paul M., House · listed 2000
- Stevens-Gilchrist House · listed 2001
- Villa Serena Apartments · listed 2000
- Whitfield Estates-Broughton Street Historic District · listed 1993
- American National Bank Building · listed 1998
- Appleby Building · listed 2001
- Armistead, William Martin, House · listed 2009
- Bacon and Tomlin, Inc. · listed 1984
- Bay Haven School · listed 1984
- Bee Ridge Woman's Club · listed 1995
- Binz, Frank and Matilda, House · listed 1994
- Bryson-Crane House · listed 2005
- Burns Realty Company-Karl Bickel House · listed 1987
- Burns, William J., House · listed 1997
- Casa Del Mar · listed 1997
- Chidsey Library · listed 2011
- City Waterworks · listed 1984
- Corrigan House · listed 1994
- Crisp Building · listed 2000
- DeCanizares, F.A., House · listed 1984
- …and 47 more
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