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Venice
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city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Sarasota
- Settled
- Horse and Chaise – c. 1870s Venice – 1888
- Incorporated
- Town – July 1, 1926 City – May 9, 1927
- Named after
- Venice, Italy
- Type
- Council–manager
- City
- 17.78 sq mi (46.05 km )
- Land
- 16.13 sq mi (41.77 km )
- Water
- 1.65 sq mi (4.28 km )
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4.0 m)
- Density
- 1,578.7/sq mi (609.54/km )
- Metro
- 833,716 ( US: 71st )
- Metro density
- 542/sq mi (209/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 34275, 34284–34287, 34290–34293
- Fips code
- 12–73900
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The city includes what locals call "Venice Island", a portion of the mainland that is accessed via bridges over the artificially created Intracoastal Waterway. The city is located in Southwest Florida. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 25,463, up from 20,748 at the 2010 Census. Venice is part of the Sarasota metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Venice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.