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Do you know of Sarasota ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sarasota. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Sarasota.<1>

Our sources for Sarasota (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Sarasota other than they indicate that Sarasota would be found somewhere in Manatee County, Florida.

Communities Also Named Sarasota ...

We found one communities that share the name Sarasota.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Sarasota.

Beyond Florida.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Sarasota County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sarasota [Sarasota County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sarasota ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sarasota:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sarasota - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Manatee County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Manatee County.

AirgateOsprey
  
BeachwayPalmetto Junction
BlountParadise Bay
Bradenton SouthParish
 Perico
Cape VistaPort Manatee
Cates City 
College PlazaRichfield
 Rosedale
El Ranchero Village 
Ellenton JunctionSchooley
 Sneads Island
Fogartyville 
 Venice
Miakka 
 Westgate
New PierceWiggins
  

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.