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Welcome to Punta Gorda ...The coastal city of Punta Gorda is located in Charlotte County<1> (at the time of its founding, Punta Gorda was located in DeSoto County) and is the County Seat for Charlotte County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Punta Gorda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Punta Gorda has a population of 20,459 people<2> (see below for details). Punta Gorda is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Punta Gorda lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Punta Gorda: (941) The ZIP codes for Punta Gorda: 33950-33951, 33955, 33982-33983<4> Websites for Punta Gorda ...Official Website: www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Punta Gorda had an population of 20,459 people. This is an increase of 22.94% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 42.63% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Punta Gorda had a population of 16,641 people (or 10.4% of the total population of Charlotte County). This makes Punta Gorda the county's most populous community. The population of Punta Gorda represents 0.09% of the total population of Florida (which has 18,801,310 people), making it the state's 119th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 16,641 people, the population of Punta Gorda increased 16.01% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 14,344 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Punta Gorda. Communities Also Named Punta Gorda ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Punta Gorda - it's located in California. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Punta Gorda. Communities near Punta Gorda ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Punta Gorda.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Punta Gorda. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Punta Gorda. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Punta Gorda. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Punta Gorda. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Punta Gorda. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Punta Gorda. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Punta Gorda ...Looking for more information about Punta Gorda? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Punta Gorda, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Punta Gorda. Adding Punta Gorda to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Punta Gorda in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Punta Gorda was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Punta Gorda in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Punta Gorda. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Punta Gorda: www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/ The official website for Charlotte County: www.charlottecountyfl.com/ The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/ Footnotes ...
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