Longboat Key
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town in Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Counties
- Sarasota , Manatee
- Settled
- 1842-1891
- Incorporated
- November 13, 1955
- Type
- Commission–manager
- Total
- 16.00 sq mi (41.44 km )
- Land
- 4.08 sq mi (10.56 km )
- Water
- 11.92 sq mi (30.88 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 1,840.3/sq mi (710.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 12-41150
- Website
- www .longboatkey .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located on and coterminous with the barrier island of the same name. Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It is almost equally divided between Manatee and Sarasota counties. The town of Longboat Key was incorporated in 1955 and is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town's population was 7,505 at the 2020 census, up from 6,888 at the 2010 census.
History
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