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Welcome to Gasparilla ...

Gasparilla is located in Charlotte County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gasparilla, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Gasparilla is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Gasparilla lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Gasparilla: 941

Websites for Gasparilla ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.iloveleecounty.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Gasparilla, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Gasparilla ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gasparilla.

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 Gasparilla. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gasparilla.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gasparilla. 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 Gasparilla.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gasparilla. See our Newspapers Page for Gasparilla.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gasparilla ...

Looking for more information about Gasparilla? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gasparilla, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gasparilla.

Adding Gasparilla to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gasparilla 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 Gasparilla was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gasparilla post office opened in 1894.

We also found Gasparilla on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gasparilla.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Charlotte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gasparilla - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/