THE MANASOTA KEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southwestern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Manasota Key CDP has 1.08 square miles of land in Charlotte County. Its Census boundary intersects Southwestern Florida Flatwoods, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Southwestern Florida Flatwoods representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
Manasota Key and Charlotte County
Manasota Key is associated with Charlotte County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Manasota Key by land and water
The Census records 1.99 square miles of water within Manasota Key, or 64.8% of its total area. It is 36.7 percentage points higher than the 28.1% recorded for Charlotte County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Manasota Key CDP has 79.9% of the land area of nearby Grove City CDP (1.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.