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Unincorporated community in Florida, United States
Woodmere, Florida
Unincorporated community
Woodmere, Florida is located in FloridaWoodmere, FloridaWoodmere, FloridaLocation within the state of Florida
Coordinates: 27°01′14″N 82°23′26″W / 27.02056°N 82.39056°W / 27.02056; -82.39056
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountySarasota
Elevation13 ft (4 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code941
FIPS code12-78535
GNIS feature ID294979

Woodmere is an unincorporated community 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Englewood in Sarasota County, Florida.

History

Woodmere was settled in 1918 as a headquarters for the newly established Manasota Lumber Company. The town had a four-story sawmill, three drying sheds, a commissary, a movie house, 1,500 homes, and two churches. The Gulf Coast Rail Road connected Woodmere to Venice, where lumber could be moved to the Seaboard Rail Road that ran to Tampa.

Between 1921 and 1922, the lumber operation was sold but continued operation on a smaller scale, thanks to a decrease in demand for lumber and reduced timber to harvest. The 1923-1924 Sarasota County Directory lists 145 residents in Woodmere but by 1926 there were only 26 listed.

References

  1. ^ "Woodmere". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. Deming, J., Schwarz, R., Carender, P., Delanaye, D., & Williams, J. Sarasota County Department of Historical Resources. (1990). An Historic Resources Survey of the Coastal Zone of Sarasota County, Florida. Department of Environmental Regulation. Retrieved from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CZIC-g70-215-c63-f6-1990/html/CZIC-g70-215-c63-f6-1990.htm
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Footnotes†This populated place also has portions within the city limits of North Port, ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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