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Charlotte County
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county in Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- April 23, 1921
- Named after
- Charlotte Harbor
- Seat
- Punta Gorda
- Largest community
- Port Charlotte
- Total
- 858 sq mi (2,220 km )
- Land
- 680 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Water
- 178 sq mi (460 km ) 20.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 217,212
- Density
- 275/sq mi (106/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 17th
- Website
- www .charlottecountyfl .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Charlotte Harbor
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Contains
- Punta Gorda
- Capital
- Punta Gorda
- Population
- 186847
- Area
- 2225
- Body of water
- Gulf of Mexico
- Shares border with
- Lee County
- Official website
- www.CharlotteCountyfl.gov
- Image
- Punta Gorda, FL, Courthouse, Charlotte County, 04-18-2010 (1).JPG
- Households
- 79789
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- Commons category
- Charlotte County, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Charlotte County, Florida
- inception
- 1921-04-23
- water as percent of area
- 20.7
- native label
- Charlotte County
- social media followers
- 1631
- per capita income
- 33275
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Encyclopedic overview
Charlotte County is a U.S. county located in southwestern Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,847. Its county seat is Punta Gorda.
Charlotte County comprises the Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charlotte County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.