Palmer Ranch, Florida

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Palmer Ranch
Census-designated place
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Palmer Ranch
Location within the state of Florida
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Palmer Ranch in Sarasota County (24).
Coordinates: 27°13′32″N82°28′24″W / 27.225418°N 82.473359°W / 27.225418; -82.473359
Country United States
State Florida
Counties Sarasota
EstablishedDecember 18, 1984 (1984-12-18) [1]
Government
 • Type CDD, HOA
Area
[2]
 • Total
6,733 acres (2,725 ha)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
14,966
 • Density1,400/sq mi (550/km2)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP codes
34238
Area code 941
Website palmerranch.net

Palmer Ranch is a census-designated place and planned community in Sarasota County, Florida between the cities of Sarasota and Osprey. The population was 14,966 at the 2020 census. It is part of the North Port- Bradenton- Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Palmer Ranch encompasses approximately 6,733 acres (2,725 ha), bounded by Clark Road to the north, U.S. Route 41 to the west, Interstate 75 to the east, and approximately where State Road 681 and the Legacy Trail meet to the south. The area was part of the original 80,000 acres (320 km2) of Florida land purchased by Bertha Palmer, wife of Chicago businessman Potter Palmer.

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History

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 14,966—
source: [3]

Bertha Palmer, known as Mrs. Potter Palmer, came to Sarasota in 1910, and resided on Little Sarasota Bay for her winter home. [4] She improved agricultural methods to the land, added lavish gardens and buildings, which is now the Historic Spanish Point garden and historic site. [5] While the house The Oaks is gone, outbuildings and landscape remain, including remnants of designs by Achilles Duchene, after whom the Duchene Garden is named. [6] Other former Palmer family holdings now open to the public include the Myakka River State Park [7] [8] and an expansion of Oscar Scherer State Park. After her death, Bertha Palmer gave the land to her sons Potter Jr. and Honore, who continued developing the property as a ranch.

Hugh Culverhouse, founder of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, bought 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) of the remaining land in 1972. [2] Palmer Ranch was established in December 1984 as a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) under Section 380.06 of the Florida Statutes . [1]

Palmer Ranch

Palmer Ranch Neighborhoods

References

  1. 1 2 "Master Development Order - Resolution No. 84-418" (PDF). Sarasota County Government. December 18, 1984. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "About - Palmer Ranch Master Association". Palmer Ranch Master Association. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "QuickFacts for Palmer Ranch CDP, Florida". U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ Wille, Chris. "The final pieces of a Sarasota empire". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Bertha Honore Palmer Left Her Mark as a Developer, Philanthropist and Innovator in Early 20th-Century Sarasota". Sarasota Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  6. ↑ Russell, John J.; Spencer, Thomas S. (2005). Gardens Across America, East of the Mississippi: The American Horticultural Society's Guide to American Public Gardens and Arboreta. Taylor Trade Publishing. pp. 60–61. ISBN   9781461733669 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Pioneering Bertha Palmer's Circa 1918 Siesta Key Cottage is Reborn". Sarasota Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  8. ↑ "BIRDWATCHERS' FLORIDA RETREAT". The New York Times . January 22, 1984. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
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